Adah Isaacs Menken Quotes
There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field.
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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I definitely think there's some way to understand how people emotionally feel about somebody, but I don't think data collects it. They're not going to click your bit.ly link or click your TweetMeme retweet every time.
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I do not like violence.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.
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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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Because many of us have been in game shows for some time, there's always someone around who can share a story of Johnny O or Jay Stewart that I never heard.
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I grew up watching a lot of French cinema.
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People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
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I'm lucky because I remember my dad showing me 'Independence Day,' and I loved it.
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People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.
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The United States does not provide economic support funds to the Palestinian Authority to build new homes for terrorists or fund President Abbas' anti-Israel campaign trips through Europe.
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Ultimately, the goal of sanctions is to ratchet up the economic pressure on the Iranians to such a level that the regime determines it is simply too great to bear, and they are forced to weigh the decision to carry on their nuclear development and their illicit quest for nuclear weapons against the ever-growing pressure from their own people.
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I'm a natural. That's why I make the big bucks.
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And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.
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Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.
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The Tamil industry, while being better than all the other film industries when it comes to treating female actors, is still dominated by men. So, I can only work within the space offered to heroines, and I think I am doing that.
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There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field.
