William Hazlitt Quotes
Human life may be regarded as a succession of frontispieces. The way to be satisfied is never to look back.
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I realize that things happen for a reason.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.
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Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.
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I can see quite clearly that if there was a single event that launched me on the road to ultimate involvement at the heart of South African politics, it was an assault on an African woman by her white employer in a kitchen in Fort Hare.
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I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.
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When I was just starting out, I had two choices: I could be the beautiful girl on the main man's arm as decoration, or I would have to do a little independent movie to get any depth in the female character.
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I've always been self-conscious about my personality.
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I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that.
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I'm so bored of all these girls who have written about 20 books by the time they're 25.
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When I moved to Paris at 16, I held a dinner party in my first apartment and served only red wine, French fries, and mashed potatoes. Unable to cook, I relied on people taking me out.
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Human life may be regarded as a succession of frontispieces. The way to be satisfied is never to look back.
