Terrence McNally Quotes
I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy but I don't - life is a blessing.
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
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If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to editing them is just cutting out a verse, but never rewriting lyrics.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.
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Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That's the nature of being a goalkeeper.
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Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out.
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Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.
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How is it that mercury is not safe for food additives and Over the Counter drug products, but it is safe in our vaccines and dental amalgams?
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One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.
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I love Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey.
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I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.
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I'm a huge fan of the Clintons. I love Hillary; I love Bill.
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I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don't know how to interpret them, since I'm new to TV, so I'm just going to wait for somebody to tell me.
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I have a painting where somebody's holding a chicken, and underneath the chicken is somebody's head.
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'Restaurant Man' is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release.
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Lay your life down. Your heartbeats cannot be hoarded. Your reservoir of breaths is draining away. You have hands, blister them while you can. You have bones, make them strain - they can carry nothing in the grave. You have lungs, let them spill with laughter.
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Few people realize what a handicap it is to be what people call a beautiful woman. I'm glad, of course, that I don't look like an unmade bed, but too often, I'm just taken at face value. And there aren't many men who believe a beautiful woman can have any brains.
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I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy but I don't - life is a blessing.
