Anna Brownell Jameson Quotes
The distinction between talent and genius is definite. Talent combines and uses; genius combines and creates.
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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For me to go casual is not to go simple. To me, it is to be able to bring back the art of tradition and the soul of French food and my interpretation of that.
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You get more insight as you get older, on everything.
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Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
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For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles.
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The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized industry.
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I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.
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It's good that I put my personal ego aside. My basketball ego was, 'Why we negotiating?' But my personal ego didn't take it personal. I put my personal ego aside a little bit.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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There are over 20 federal agencies that provide some, or all, of the steps in the export process. This can paint a very confusing and intimidating picture for small companies who often don't have designated export officials or trade representatives on staff to navigate the process for their businesses.
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In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
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By 1951, television had already made such inroads on the income garnered by motion picture companies that the Golden Era which had prevailed until then was beginning to disintegrate. And by 1953, it had come to an end. Hollywood was a dismal, tragic place.
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Anybody who has interacted with me will definitely find me to be a chirpy person.
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As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt.
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I think part of that is to create an environment where it's like real life, where you don't really know what's going to happen to you in a certain scene.
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I don't work with a stylist.
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If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along.
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Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.
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A month alone would make me so happy. Not good for my dating prospects.
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Don't wait for, expect, or rely on favors. Count on earning them by hard work and perseverance.
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That's the way it is: you have to show your initiative, you have to show talent and availability, and still have an awful lot of luck.
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If I wasn't acting, I have no clue what I'd be doing 'cause I have no other talent.
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The distinction between talent and genius is definite. Talent combines and uses; genius combines and creates.
