Oscar Hammerstein II Quotes
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Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.
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I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.
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I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
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The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I'm a freestyle creative entrepreneur. Not a businessman. I like to create ventures in which creativity stands at the centre.
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.
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I wanna create a character that's really memorable... like Julia Roberts did in 'Pretty Woman.'
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
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When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.
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The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
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As a model, I really stand for not being a model, if that makes sense. When I started, the whole idea of the model was very different; it was a bit stuck-up. Not stuck-up, but no one was trying to have fun, or not even have fun, but be willing to smile.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I'd never heard anything like that before: single-string blues played on an electric guitar.
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Marriage, from love, like vinegar from wine – A sad, sour sober beverage – by time Is sharpened from its high celestial flavor Down to a very homely household savor.
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To an artist, creating an image means being in love with it.
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Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
