Barbara Crampton Quotes
When I was a young actress, I was called in just to do my part, and I didn't have any say or weight as far as any decisions go. But today, having worked as a producer and also having lived a little, I feel like I've found my voice more. I'm sure that it has influenced me as an actor and it will continue to do so.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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There is total unanimity that the most serious threat facing the United States and Israel is a nuclear-armed Iran.
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Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.
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I loved theatre and did magic, too, but I was never the best at it - there was never a teacher saying, 'You're great, you have to make this your career!' I was good at science and math. I figured I'd go into science and become a dentist.
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I've learned to be more accepting of myself. I'm 37, not 18, and I've got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once.
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A painter once told me that I'm like the Khajuraho, which you see once but which remains with you forever. I thought that was exquisite.
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I got interested in coaching while I played at St. Joseph's. Because we played a national schedule, we played teams coached by Nat Holman, Joe Lapchick, Hank Iba, and others. I could see the impact the coach had on their teams, and I thought, 'That's a pretty good thing to do.'
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Judges should interpret the law, not make it.
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It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated well, and they're made to feel valued, they give 110 percent.
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Just after graduation in 1966, like many of my contemporaries, I applied for research training at the National Institutes of Health. Perhaps because his wife was a poet, Ira Pastan agreed to take me into his laboratory, despite my lack of scientific credentials.
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The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests.
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I pride myself on my personilty and not my looks because one day, I will be old and crusty with a moustache, and someone is going to love me for my personality and not looks. So whoever is going to marry me is going to laugh till he dies.
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I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.
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He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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It's always fun to play someone who is a little off. Normal is a little boring.
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That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race.
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Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability.
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Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history.
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I just listened to that inner voice. By the way, it's always a good move to listen to that inner voice... if it doesn't lead to a crime.
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In law, what plea so tainted and corrupts, but being seasoned with a gracious voice obscures the show of evil.
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I would certainly use my voice to try and avoid anything that undermines confidence, so that parents are using vaccines fully.
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When I was a young actress, I was called in just to do my part, and I didn't have any say or weight as far as any decisions go. But today, having worked as a producer and also having lived a little, I feel like I've found my voice more. I'm sure that it has influenced me as an actor and it will continue to do so.
