Sara Gruen Quotes
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We all go to the theater and cinema to be inspired and moved on an emotional level, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. Once I discovered that acting could have such an effect, I was sold. It has been one of the most rewarding discoveries I have ever made.
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I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.
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I have to be socially aware; I feel like that's my job.
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I really feel it's time to dissolve the current relationship of governor and lieutenant governor by running as a ticket.
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And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote.
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A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
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My body and my will are one.
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A man’s body and the needs of his body are now everywhere treated with a tender indulgence. Is the thinking mind then, to be the only thing that is never to obtain the slightest measure of consideration or protection, to say nothing of respect?
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Action, not words.
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Movies make you immortal and ageless.
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Food is a big part of my life.
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It's interesting: when you're kind of 'known' for being a writer, people don't think you've done anything else.
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I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded.
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I always feel like a script is a recipe, and then you bring the elements into the recipe, and you cook with it.
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It's going to be impossible in the 21st century for anyone to think about anything without a Chinese aspect.
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The life of a model is so varied that I never know what will be happening from one week to the next.
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There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the next morning I had written Memories.
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I should allow only my heart to have imagination; and for the rest rely on memory, that long drawn sunset of one's personal truth.
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I was gonna be a cosmetologist. I didn't really want to. I wanted to be in a band. It kind of worked out.
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I got so pissed I took a little poll to see if anyone was sick of gettin' taxed as much as I am. I called 100 people one night and here's the results: everyone I polled said, 'You dumb ass, it's three o'clock in the morning!' (p. 131).
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My first failure was to be born a child not wanted by his father or mother, as they parted shortly after I was born.
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The more distressing the memory, the more persistent it's presence.
