Norma Shearer Quotes
I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.
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I feel that I am a scholar who only with the left hand writes novels.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.
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Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.
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I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
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I never wanted to return to Hollywood because Hollywood people and the fakeness - very artificial and not dear to my heart. After I lived in the Midwest, and I learned what sincere, real people were all about, I never wanted to go back.
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You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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In general, I think I'm quick to worry about disasters of all kinds.
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I'm not working now, so I'm sort of facing the unknown.
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The best way for women to get into cycling is to go out in a group, to feel like you're part of it.
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I'm a very political person, and I think things through clearly, even when I was 18 years old.
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I believe I can get faster because I have trained for it, and I'm doing faster times I've ever done in training.
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I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.
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Lots of TV shows say that they are like doing a movie every week, but 'JAG' truly was a huge show. Lots of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, like being launched off an aircraft carrier and being welcomed by military bases all over California.
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Embrace yourself and do what you can to look and feel your best. Don't put on so many fashion trends that create a ridiculous style statement. Pick and choose what feels good, and flatters your own body.
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The way people deal with me - they'll go overboard in trying to be politically correct and make a mess of it. Everyone's so worried about what they're saying to everyone else, that they don't talk very much.
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Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
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I am incapable of directing a film like 'Agneenath.' I can do only what I am good at, so I would have been the worst choice to direct it. It has aggression, action and an inherent violence in it - things I am not capable of directing in my films.
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Perhaps he needs the money. Some of the men live too richly for their purses, if you understand me. Fame would allow him large debts, but everything has to be paid back in the end.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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I've been working with Global Zero. They are a great organization leading the resistance against nuclear war and the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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I've been doing pranks my whole life, so I guess I'm pretty good at it.
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I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.
