Faina Ranevskaya Quotes
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I write in a small office at home.
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Healthy is in the eye of the beholder.
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Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.
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'FlashForward' was a really fun show to make. Not to mention, I only worked, like, one day a week, and it paid the same as 'Happy Endings.' I got to make out with beautiful women on that show as well.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
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I'm confident and really optimistic.
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I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs were and what happened because, unfortunately, he didn't take care of himself.
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A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
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I'm a strong proponent of green tech for anyone who can afford it, having spent the last 40 years working toward achieving a smaller and smaller eco-impact for myself.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.
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My family reached the United States before the Holocaust. Both of my parents emigrated from Russia as young children. My grandparents were fleeing religious persecution and came to America seeking a better life for their family.
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It stayed with me - the Bible has stayed with me. I've grown out of it because, obviously, you live life for yourself and have your choice to believe what you want to believe in, but I know that the Bible can be used to appreciate life.
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She would forever remember how warm & secure he made her feel. How could she ever live without that?
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On should life his life in such a way that even bastards remember him.
