Walker Percy Quotes
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.
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I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.
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Music therapy was so important in the early stages of my recovery because it can help retrain different parts of your brain to form language centers in areas where they weren't before you were injured.
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I will only think of settling down after Salman Khan, the other most eligible bachelor, plans to settle down. We are eligible bachelors, but he's the rock star, so let him get married first; then I'll think about myself.
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The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a guy who is going to take at least half the responsibility for the house and kids - and sometimes more than half.
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All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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I like to think that I know a lot of words, but I definitely don't know all of them.
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I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.
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A lot of people will call me nuts or crazy, but I've always been pretty stable. By some people's standards, I might be crazy. But I realize that I'm not going to harm anyone, and the only place that I live is within my own universe, really - so it's O.K.
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I don't like things too overstated in the cut or too perfect.
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Have you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real?
