Edith Head Quotes
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'The Waltons' was profoundly important after years of wandering around. I was 44 and cut off from family and friends. It nurtured me back to a sense of family and who I am. It was a transforming experience.
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Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.
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As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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Think of the difference between a team sport and one that you do by yourself. Like it or not, if you're by yourself, you're going to be faced with a lot more of your own doubts and your own drawbacks and your own whatever.
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Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign the cards. You know, you had these cases in the '70s of women who were mayors who couldn't get credit unless their husbands signed for them.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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There's always merit to having a debate.
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I think every teenager feels like a Martian in something, whether it's in their family, I think, or in their school. I think every teenager, every human being has a sense that they don't belong somewhere.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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I have to live up to the love I am receiving.
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I was a filmy kid. I was two when I faced the camera for the first time. My parents realised it pretty early, and I'm really thankful to them for their support and help.
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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
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My father was very clear; I had to have an ordinary upbringing. I was put to work as a lowly-paid trainee after college. I didn't like it at the time, but I can't help but feel that that was probably the best thing for me.
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The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working with a musician, especially on a project for radio.
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I've always thrown like a girl.
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You can't invent something you have no epistemological access to. In a way, it's all recombination.
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We're not so poor that we have to spend our wilderness or so rich that we can afford to.
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A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?
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While still in college, I started my first Internet company - American Information Systems - a dial-up Internet provider in the Internet's formative years.
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I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for Lassie.
