Ogden Nash Quotes
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.
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There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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I resent that there is an image of perfection that is getting thinner and thinner. I've got a lovely husband and children, and I didn't lose weight to find those things.
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I can't wait to get on stage, because there you don't worry about whether you'll ever get married because your life is insane, or whether you'll ever have another boyfriend again, you don't worry about the typical boundaries of how your life has to be.
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I am just so thankful that my mom was a fantastic mom. She wasn't a stage mother; she didn't push me. She was happy if I was happy. We are so different. I was very shy; my mom did all the talking. She was my strength. She never expected that I would be this ballerina.
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When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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I was raised a Calvinist. You might think you know what that means, but let me explain it the way my mother preached it to my three sisters and me back when we were at home: 'I buy my girls Calvin Klein clothes, so that's all they know. Then, when they graduate from college, they have to figure out how to pay for them themselves.'
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I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people that the war in Iraq was seen as the major issue in American-Arab relations.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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'Crash' is a movie about the racial tension that still exists in America. A lot of us pretend that we don't have preconceived notions and stereotypical ideals about each other, but we do. And we wanted to create a movie about people whose lives crash into each others' accidentally.
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There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl.
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.
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I've said, I never thought I rebelled. I never - I don't think I've ever had that period. You know, I just had to do what I had to do. You know, I was a good kid.
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My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
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I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.
