Madame de Stael Quotes
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
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I realize that things happen for a reason.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
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Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.
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I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
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My idea is just to do something different each time; the next thing I do has to be completely different to the thing I've done before - that's what I try and do, because you know, I'm an actor, not a film star.
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You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
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A lot of people don't like me.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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It was always sort of my dream to make handbags and I wanted a handbag that was very sharp, very structured, very tailored... I wanted a bag you could put all of your things in it, you can open it, you could close it, you could hid all your tricks, but it's not all lumpy.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
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Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond the boundaries of safety and convention. It takes courage to share your vulnerability.
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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My first job out of law school was as one of two women assistant U.S. attorneys in an office of 63 U.S. attorneys and the first woman to do criminal work appearing only before male judges. Scared? Every day of my life.
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Real life is happening outside and not in front of a computer.
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If we do not resolve the euro crisis, we will all pay the price. And if we do resolve it, we will all benefit, particularly German taxpayers and savers.
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A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
