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 used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.
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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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Access to legitimate information and thoughtful analysis is the lifeblood of a democracy, the basis of which people make decisions about who they vote for and what they believe in. And if you're only getting half the story, that certainly doesn't lead to an informed citizenry.
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Early on my career, I figured out that I just have to write the book I have to write at that moment. Whatever else is going on in the culture is just not that important. If you could get the culture to write your book, that would be great. But the culture can't write your book.
Colson Whitehead -
And so many of the kinds of labels you get stuck with don't really tell the story; Progressive, Art Rock, Noise Music, Downtown - it ends up being a struggle to stay out of debates that other people are having around you.
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As policy makers, Congress has the power to promote public policies that economically empower single parents and drastically reduce childhood poverty.
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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.
