Mae West Quotes
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music.
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It's like driving your car. If you drive too fast on the highway, you will topple, so you better maintain your speed. Life is similar to that, and that's the way you have to control your head.
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free.
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As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.
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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
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Frank's audience doesn't care if a girl singer, a comic or an organ grinder with a monkey opens the show. They are there to see HIM.
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As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.
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Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
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It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
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That was madness. You're never going to bring one of those down with a handgun.
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But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.
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My goodness, my hair's been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory.
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I'm in hotel rooms most of the time, and it can be hard to find a hotel with a nice gym. It was important for me to have a workout I could do in my room.
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I stood in the bay window at our house and I sang Away In A Manger. It was my first time on stage, but there was nobody watching. I just remember it was so natural and it was such a secret - like masturbating. I felt like I had to wait until everybody was gone. So I guess six years old would be my most important age, 'cause in that moment, I just knew what I wanted to do.
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
