Faina Ranevskaya Quotes
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.
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If there is such a thing as freedom, then there is no fate.
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I think it's all about making records when you're inspired to make them.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night.
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Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
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My parents are from the South - they were both born in Birmingham - so my dad saw R.E.M. really early on when they were playing college stuff in Athens. He had a bunch of their cassettes from the '80s, and when I was 8, 9, or 10, those were the sort of things that were around the cassette player in the living room.
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I love sports - if I'm not acting, I'm probably doing sports.
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I was really gobsmacked.
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Secrecy as deep as this is past possibility without nonexistence as well.
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When the mirror meets with an ugly woman, when a rare ink-stone finds a vulgar owner, and when a good sword is in the hands of a common general, there is utterly nothing to be done about it.
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Mi dignidad le pide a quien no me hace daño que no me haga daño, y a quien me hace daño no le pide nada.
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In school I was always being cast as the clown. And then I did 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose,' and once people hear you scream, they can't un-hear it. But I don't mean to say that I've been typecast, either.
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Remember, gold and silver always have had value and never have gone to zero. Can you say the same for stocks and bonds?
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'Closure' is the word used for a loss that's not acknowledged - and the habit this causes, physically and mentally, for anybody who is participating in that.
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Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency.
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I was thinking about working with Lady Gaga, not 'Born This Way' but more her old stuff that she did with RedOne from her first album. I think that would be really fun - a cool combination.
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Earlier today, President Bush said Kerry will be a tough and hard-charging opponent. That explains why Bush's nickname for Kerry is math.
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There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.
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I'm not going to say that all the cabinet appointments of the men and women, you know, obviously we might have some reservations on some, but the women's movement has congratulated them for some of the appointments and is urging and encouraging more women in the Executive Branch and high areas.
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Spelling mistakes in a letter is like a bug on a white shirt.
