Barbara Bretton Quotes
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Whether or not we communicate it, I definitely seek my mom's acceptance and approval for everything. She has a strong commercial sense of movies and is a quintessential audience. When she doesn't like something, I know there is reason to worry. When she loves something, there is reason to celebrate.
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I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding.
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There was always that kind of imagination in our house, which was always a little crazy.
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I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
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Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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Practice puts brains in your muscles.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.
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I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.
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On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.
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Yes, the marriage proposal was shot. Michael excluded the dialogue from the final edit.
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I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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Perfectionists are their own devils.
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Falling down became second nature and it really didn't bother me.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Love those who hurt you the most, because they are probably the ones closest to you. They, too, are on a path, and just like you they are learning to walk before they can fly. Imagine of everybody you hurt in life turned their backs on you? You would be playing a hell of a lot of solitaire. Love them no matter what.
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My existence was never a Francis Ford Coppola existence.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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Moderation, honey, in all things but love and chocolate. That's my motto.
