Michelle Shocked Quotes
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
Jack Nicholson -
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
H. L. Mencken -
I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.
Octavia Spencer -
I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
Dana Carvey -
Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
Damian Lewis -
I am an old geezer: a grandpa kind of a guy. I was born October 19, 1931. I have gray hair, a beard, and a little pot belly. I have two children who are over 30 years old and a sweet little granddaughter who is 11 years old.
Ed Emberley
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
Nas -
I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
Sam Hunt -
When you're rich you don't write checks.
Randy Moss -
Ray Bradbury has a vacation house in Palm Springs, California, in the desert at the base of the Santa Rosa mountains. It's a Rat Pack-era affair, with a chrome-and-turquoise kitchen and a small swimming pool in back.
Sam Weller -
I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28.
Naomi Watts -
I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
Karl Lagerfeld
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When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
Waka Flocka is a product, a franchise, a brand, a label... And a good guy!
Waka Flocka Flame -
I hate dream sequences in movies and T.V. shows generally for their heavy-handed symbolism and storytelling tediousness.
Ira Glass -
I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
Betty White -
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
Denis Diderot -
I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other is communism, and I am this little girl pulled between the two. It makes me who I am. It turns me into the kind of person that Freud would have a field day with, for sure.
Marina Abramovic
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When I write, when I'm going hot, I don't want to write more than four hours in a row. After that, you're pushing it.
Charles Bukowski -
I can always, quite easily, put myself in other people's shoes, so to speak, and look at the world through them.
Valeria Luiselli -
Socialism with authentic, political power must lead to tyranny and cruelty.
Alan Charles Korsun -
I never knew listening to a song could give you goose bumps and make you cry until I listened to Lauryn Hill.
Little Simz -
I think it is very important to build the moral fibre of the youth. Moral education should be part of the curriculum, and I will work towards introducing that.
Pallam Raju -
Music is too important to be left to professionals.
Michelle Shocked