Miriam Hopkins Quotes
How can a motion picture reflect real life when it is made by people who are living artificial lives?
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Good comedy is ageless.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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I used to dream of some kind of way that you could carry a phone with you - but I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. It doesn't matter nowadays if you are caught in traffic or got lost on the way somewhere. You can just send a text and the recipient will know that you haven't fallen under a bus.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
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Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
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When I board an airplane these days, all the middle-aged men are dressed like me - when I was an 8-year-old. They're in shorts and T-shirts. And it's not just on airplanes. It's in business offices, teachers' lounges, and churches.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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Television has never known what to do with grief, which resists narrative: the dramas of grief are largely internal - for the bereaved, it is a chaotic, intense, episodic period, but the chaos is by and large subterranean, and easily appears static to the friendly onlooker who has absorbed the fact of loss and moved on.
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I like helping people.
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Though my short stories are the more readable, my novels do have more to say; and they will, if anyone has the patience for it, repay a rereading.
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I find that most home cooks don't get vinegars. They're misunderstood, mostly due to the factory-made red wine vinegar that everyone commonly cooks with... that, and the giant gallon of white distilled vinegar that we all use, mostly to clean and disinfect things!
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How can a motion picture reflect real life when it is made by people who are living artificial lives?
