Sue Mengers Quotes
A powerful studio boss doesn't want to be bested by a woman, even in chess. And a successful agent steps on a lot of toes. You lose actors jobs so you can get them for your own clients.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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It's not like I ever sat in my room and said I was going to start a media company and become an editor in chief. It was never my dream. It was something that just happened.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.
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Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under capitalism and opens the way to a new period of economic and social expansion on a much larger scale.
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I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.
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I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.
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I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
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Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
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I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.
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Dance is something which I like to do, but acting is my passion. I would like to do good and meaty roles.
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We can rattle our sabers all we want but, realistically, we don't have troops for an invasion [Iran] and surgical strikes aren't going to work.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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I've tried Botox, I've tried them all. I'm definitely not one of those people who says, 'You shouldn't do this.' Everyone can individually do what they want. For all time women have wanted to, for the most part, look their best. It's just that what we have available to us today is what it is today and if you want to take advantage of it, yeah.
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The truest sayings are paradoxical.
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A powerful studio boss doesn't want to be bested by a woman, even in chess. And a successful agent steps on a lot of toes. You lose actors jobs so you can get them for your own clients.
