Irene Dunne Quotes
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.
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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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I thought of myself as an outsider in a lot of ways as I was growing up. Not in a bad way; more as an observer. I often find myself thinking as an observer of science fiction rather than as a participant.
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It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.
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It's hard enough condensing 500 pages into a movie, and it would have been impossible to condense 800.
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What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.
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I'm a little bit of a control freak.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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The pleasure from acting comes from having great writing to work with. If it's well written and the character is interesting, then, as an actor, that's the raw material I need.
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The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
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I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.
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Life is the best party I've ever been invited to.
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I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick.
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A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.
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My private life is quiet.
