Nora Dunn Quotes
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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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Personally, of course it's exasperating when people think you're just swanning around in Europe, going to the occasional fashion show and then being glamorous at a party.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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I can hold my breath for 7 minutes and 5 seconds.
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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It kind of scares me, the notion that we're going to be injecting ourselves into other countries' affairs when they're not posing a threat to our security. I wouldn't be telling Israel what to do.
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It's like, boom! – I've got a girlfriend. It turned out to be a good thing because it made me a rapper.
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I understand a ship to be made for the carrying and preservation of the cargo, and so long as the ship can be saved, with the cargo, it should never be abandoned. This Union likewise should never be abandoned unless it fails and the possibility of its preservation shall cease to exist, without throwing passengers and cargo overboard.
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For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages.
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When I feel off, I read the 'Tao Te Ching' to get my equilibrium right. I started reading it in the eleventh grade.
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As consumers, we are faced with hundreds of choices - and when it comes to books, thousands of choices.
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If you want to conduct terror against Israelis, which is unacceptable, send fighters to do it. Don't send your women and children.
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Life isn't always really glamorous and fabulous. It's about encouraging people to go back to natural beauty.
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I put castor oil in my eyebrows. And I also tint my eyebrows when I get them cleaned up. That way, I don't have to be constantly filling them in, because I'm lazy.
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Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
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Human beings tolerate what they understand they have to tolerate.
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By the time I was leaving school, there were no factories. There was no industry.
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When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.
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People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it makes me feel alive. I enjoy the whole process of rehearsing, though repetition can make it tedious.
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It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.
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I never thought I was funny, but I enjoy being funny
