Swoosie Kurtz Quotes
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I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.
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I have worked with some great directors.
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We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for you, basically what they're going to do is write what they want to write and discredit you. They're going to write and say what they want to say, no matter what you tell them.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my father had made five films that lost money. One of the films he made was 'Agneepath,' which was hugely hyped but underwhelming at the box office, and I remember that my dad had to sell my grandmother's flat to pay off the loan.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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Like many kids, I was thrown into recreational soccer in my town, and from there, I grew to love it. Everywhere I went, I carried a soccer ball with me.
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But things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director's approval on that, and basically take it from there. Professor Flitwick in 'Harry Potter', I kind of defined how I saw him from reading the book, and luckily that matched up with the director's vision.
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For complicated historical and political reasons, we associate 'poor' in our public consciousness with 'black.' Terms such as 'welfare queen' and 'culture of poverty' became associated uniquely with the social maladies of African Americans in urban ghettos, despite the fact that poor whites outnumbered poor blacks.
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The reason we have cancer and heart disease is the same reason you can't get rid of the wear and tear on your tires on your car: as soon as you use them, you are wearing them away. You can't make eternal tires, and it's the same with the human body.
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I'm not angry. And I don't like the thing of the 'angry black woman,' either.
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There are many today who believe that there are people running around this world right now who are performing greater miracles, performing miracles in greater abundance, and actually doing more incredible acts of divine healing than Jesus himself did. I can't think of any more serious delusion than that.
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I love to be directed, and I can glean something from almost anyone.
