Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber (Mitzi Gaynor) Quotes
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I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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I think, when I was younger, I believed in - and yearned for - conventional beauty. I thought there was a spectrum from ugly to beautiful, and that you could objectively plot everyone you saw along it.
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For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
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One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.
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I've always wanted to work with dogs, so in high school, I worked at the Humane Society for a little while. I honestly think, even today, that would be the other career I would go into. Somehow I would be involved with animals.
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My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.
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All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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I, for one, will remain constantly vigilant of a government that admits its transgressions of liberty only when they are caught lying.
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If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That's the kind of thing that I love to do.
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Basically, my goal in life is to be David Hyde Pierce - go to Hollywood, make some money, come back and just win some Tony Awards.
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My dad was part of the Oriole way. I think he was there 14 years in the minor leagues; I think seven of those years, they had the same people in place. So it was about continuity. It was about stability.
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I hate people who over intellectualize. It bores me deeply.
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There is always a certain glamour about the idea of a nation rising up to crush an evil simply because it is wrong. Unfortunately, this can seldom be realized in real life; for the very existence of the evil usually argues a moral weakness in the very place where extraordinary moral strength is called for.
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I've been amazed by the success of 'The Great British Bake Off.' I've been 'rediscovered' at the age of 76. When I was asked to be a judge, I said I wanted to be myself. I didn't want to shout like some other television judges. I also said I was a very bad bread maker, so would the programme makers find someone to help on the bread scene?
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Courteney Cox is such a great actress.
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We need to have great wealth and we need to have the critics of great wealth.
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Taylor's first four albums have been certified platinum a combined 21 times, but despite her unprecedented success in country music, '1989' is strictly pop.
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I never worked with a stinker. How great is that!
