Betsy Landin Quotes
As actors, we have to be able to keep ourselves open to feel, and that's a life lesson I think many people don't get a chance to learn. In my personal life, I've learned to carry this lesson with me.
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We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.
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Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
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There's an unintended consequence when it comes to drone attacks in Yemen. Yeah, you take out the al-Qaida stronghold, but you also wipe out the other half of the block. That makes Yemenis against the United States for the rest of their lives and all their descendants.
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I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.
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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
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Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.
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Maintaining boundaries is hard. That's why I strongly prefer the physical separation of work and home.
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I like to work.
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The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot of publicity, but they didn't suffer as much.
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The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.
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What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of nation states.
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It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh.
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I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way.
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I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex. I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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Most people don't pray until they're in trouble. When people need help they pray a lot. But after they get what they want, they slow down. If a man takes five showers a day, his body will be clean. Praying five times a day helps me clean my mind.
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As actors, we have to be able to keep ourselves open to feel, and that's a life lesson I think many people don't get a chance to learn. In my personal life, I've learned to carry this lesson with me.
