Cassandra Peterson Quotes
I've met a lot of famous people. I'm lucky enough to have been able to be Elvira. I would probably have to say the most famous is probably Elvis Presley, though. I spent an evening, a night, and part of the next day with him.
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.
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I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic.
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A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.
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You're either ghetto or you're not.
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All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.
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Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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It's good to kind of get away from the star treatment.
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I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
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I have learned to take the part of me that is very fearful and work on that. There is space for that in my life. I have learned to give myself a bit more freedom between 'action' and 'cut.' I come by all that fear honestly, like most humans have. I can't bring it with me to work, so in that way, the work feels quite liberating.
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The more I've gotten interested in writing about history and making sense of myself within the continuum of history, the more I've turned to paintings, to art. I look to the imagery of art to help me understand something about my own place in the world.
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We were determined to be in the fashion, and to visit the various delightful watering places on Long Island Sound. Of course, it would be necessary to combine business with pleasure and pursue our calling as beggars.
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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We aren't going to let our first investment be the best.
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Everybody is struggling for the good things of the world, and all the arguments to prove that they are not desirable are worse than wasted.
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If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.
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I don't like the idea of famous people.
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Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change.
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The free individual has been justified as his own master; the state as his servant.
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I've met a lot of famous people. I'm lucky enough to have been able to be Elvira. I would probably have to say the most famous is probably Elvis Presley, though. I spent an evening, a night, and part of the next day with him.
