Washington Irving Quotes
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure.
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I was a commercial girl. In drama school, I was a mediocre model occasionally to pick up some extra cash, and because clearly I'm not six feet tall, and I had baby weight, I would mainly just would do promotional stuff.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.
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We grow small trying to be great.
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Watching an adaptation of your novel can be a violent experience: seeing your old jokes suddenly thrust at you can be alarming. But I started to enjoy 'Money' very quickly, and then I relaxed.
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I think of women as an all-being creature.
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All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.
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When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or whatever, I'd be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it's going to become predictably my work, and that's not fun.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
