Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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For years, I have repeatedly said that Maryland taxpayers were being overtaxed and overcharged.
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The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse.
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I will continue to try and be innovative to keep it fresh for my fans.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.
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Everyone in business is tenacious and extremely aggressive. If you're not a 'now' person - do it right now - then you're not going to be successful. I like that kind of mentality.
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I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at the Virginia State Theatre, and we turned Richmond upside down.
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Man is a long time coming. Man will yet win. Brother may yet line up with brother: This old anvil laughs at many broken hammers. There are men who can't be bought.
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When I write, I solemnly visit myself.
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I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.
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Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land in our rear and on both of our flanks at the same time. Go back to your command, and try to think what we are going to do ourselves, instead of what Lee is going to do.
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Lloyd George? There is no Lloyd George. There is a marvellous brain; but if you were to shut him in a room and look through the keyhole there would be nobody there.
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… I really hate big laptops. I can't understand people who lug around 15' (or 17'!) monsters. The right weight for a laptop is 1kg, no more.
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...death seemed the most prevalent feature of the landscape.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words. But there is a wide range of emotional response that we make that cannot be put into words. We are so used to making these emotional responses that we are not consciously aware of them till they are represented in art work.
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Teacher, teacher, I declare, I see your purple underwear.
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Oh! If those selfish men, who are the cause of all one's misery, only knew what their poor slaves go through! What suffering, what humiliation to the delicate feelings of a poor woman, above all a young one, especially with those nasty doctors.
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The Devil turns his back to a door that is shut.
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The world is a room of heavy furniture. Eventually you are allowed to leave.
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The devil is compromise.
