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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I see similarities in the sports I played growing up in the sense of how I tackle a role when I get a job. A lot of effort goes in on an individual basis. There is a lot of time spent by yourself working on your craft and what you have to do. But, at the end of the day, you're there to serve the movie just like you would the rugby team.
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I've been strongly opposed to racial discrimination and anything like that my whole life. Maybe it's thanks to my parents and where I grew up and that sort of thing, but particularly with gay and lesbian citizens, I've seen that people can be cruel, and it's very distressing.
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I would say that I have a love-hate relationship with almost everything in my life, including stand-up.
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All life goes in a circle, around and around, you started at one place, and then came right back to it again.
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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My private life is quiet.
