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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I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, the creators openly said, 'I have no idea where we're going.'
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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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The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
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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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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.
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I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.
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The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.
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Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.
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Spelling mistakes in a letter is like a bug on a white shirt.
