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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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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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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Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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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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If you don't know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it'll be less than you're worth.
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This whole thing about reality television to me is really indicative of America saying we're not satisfied just watching television, we want to star in our own TV shows. We want you to discover us and put us in your own TV show, and we want television to be about us, finally.
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I joke and I say, 'I need to go back to make a supernatural horror film just to so that I can make a movie that's grounded again.'
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I'm very excited about dance and love it with a deep passion. I also struggle, tire and become discouraged. But what has always revived me...has been the rebirth of energy each time the creative process is awakened and artistic activity begins to unfold even in some infinitesimal measure.
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We got to stop people. We go ahead and we score 100 points every night, but we give up more. Our whole thing was, we know we can score, and we have to start having some kind of fun on the defensive end. Everybody want to play offense. Not too many people want to play defense. Defense is ego, pride, and that's the way we've been coming out, just taking the challenge. Man-on-man first, and having each other's back when a guy gets beat.
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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.
