Nancy Astor Quotes
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Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you're having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
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I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
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Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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I was missing out on a lot of things that my friends were doing, but in another way, they were missing things I was doing. It was kind of a trade-off I had to make.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'm making music. I sit in the studio and I think, 'How am I feeling today?' and I write how I feel. It's really, really simple.
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I think 'Rockstar' is more dear to me than any of my other films.
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If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata or a concerto, I write what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer.
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One of the great things about music is how it can take you places.
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Women try to be the best everywhere, and it's impossible. I want my clothes to give women the freedom to just be - I want them to put on my dresses and shine.
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I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.
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I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.
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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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I married beneath me, all women do.
