Sophocles Quotes
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Art is too serious to be taken seriously.
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I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.
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In 2004, I went onstage for the first time. They put a mike in my hand and pushed me out the door into the crowd. I did the three songs I had recorded and got out. It was the worst day of my life.
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People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans.
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Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
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Just let the wardrobe do the acting.
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I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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I'm very respectful in everything I wear. I think about it.
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I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I attended junior high and high school. I lived there for five years before leaving for college.
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There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever I kept about those days, I shredded. It was too personal.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance.
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Come dress yourself in love, let the journey begin.
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You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.
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My favorite game shows were 'Password' and '$25,000 Pyramid.'
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... and she held out a pretty gold ring. 'Put it,' she said, 'on the fourth finger of my left hand, and I am yours and you are mine; and we shall leave Earth and make our own Heaven yonder.'
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You're young. Maybe there'll be time for a do-over if you don't get it right the first time. But there are no guarantees. There will come a time as it has for me when there's no time for a do-over.
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The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.
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To err from the right path is common to mankind.
