Irene Dunne Quotes
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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For the first time I'm free to be myself.
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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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The worst affected from corruption is the common man.
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Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
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My husband passed away a long time ago, and of course a lot of people have courted me. I've been taken to dinner and also to things like Larry Hagman, in particular years ago. And more recently, of course, little Hugh Jackman - and he's too young for me though, frankly.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in your skin and do whatever you need to do for yourself, to heal or to grow.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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I believe in something that maybe can be defined as the God in one's heart, in the heart of every human being, but not in a God who sits on high looking down on us and taking care of us and whom we bother with things trivial and weighty so that he will be good to us and arrange things for us here.
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Instead of asking God to remove our problems so that our lives might be happy, we must purposefully try to learn as much as we can - and thereby become happier due to our insights and growth.
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Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger.
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It could be partly my taste. It's just my belief that there are female characters that will benefit from not being vulnerable.
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What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.
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Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.
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Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.
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We're not going to do a Facebook game aimed at 35-year old women about farming.
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There were no Latin people on 'Star Trek,' that this was proof that they weren't planning to have us around for the future.
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Liberty is not to be found in any form of government; she is in the heart of the free man; he bears her with him everywhere.
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It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.
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Virtual reality is the 'ultimate empathy machine.' These experiences are more than documentaries. They're opportunities to walk a mile in someone else's shoes.
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Any young girl aspiring to a theatrical career held Florenz Ziegfeld in a awe.
