Edith Evans Quotes
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'Yellow Moon' was a poem. My wife at the time, Joel - she's dead now - it was our 25th anniversary. She had the chance to go on a cruise with her sister. And I'm home with the kids and looking up, and I saw the big moon, and I just started writing.
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Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
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Cancer has taught me a lot of things. Maybe it is the best thing that has happened to me. I can't say right now, but maybe some years down the line, I would realise. When I was taking chemotherapy, there were a lot of elderly patients, and that would inspire me. I thought, 'If they can be cured, why can't I be?'
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I'd hopefully work through all my issues with men first so then I'd be okay being with a woman.
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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
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In Paris, I met a young American person who immediately became the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that had directed my forces. Throughout my career as an artist, I refer to this person by the word 'Woman.'
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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In comics, we're all weird together. I can go to a comics convention and not stand out, even though I'm the only woman in a headscarf there, because the guy next to me has a beard and a Sailor Moon costume.
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I wouldn't want a manicure. I'm a man's man!
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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
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For me, even if I'm singing to a very large audience, like in 'The Sound of Music Live' or in the 'She Loves Me' broadcast, I try to imagine that I am just singing to each individual. It doesn't change my energy other than being perhaps a bit more nervous. I try to sing to each person and right into their individual heart.
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A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon.
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Though the demonetisation move should be welcomed, govt should have planned well in advance to ensure that no common man suffer.
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You can be a man who loves a woman but love someone the way a gay man loves another man or a woman loves a woman.
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When I was in college my girl got me a job at the doctor's office she was working at. I was a file clerk. No disrespect but I don't think a man can do that job. It takes so much meticulous and precise file-keeping.
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?
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My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to her every single day of my life. I really tried hard when I grew up to make her proud of me.
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Why don't I kill myself? If I knew exactly what keeps me from doing so, I should have no more questions to ask myself since I should have answered them all.
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When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.
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Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.
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When vastly wealthy people say, 'I'm not leaving my kids any money,' it's typically not true.
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When a woman behaves like a man why doesn't she behave like a nice man?
