Bette Greene Quotes
I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.
Quotes to Explore
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
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If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.
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Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
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You reach a point where you don't work for money.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.
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The ideas and practices of Franz Anton Mesmer, an 18th-century Australian healer, had spread to the United States and, by the 1840s, held the country in thrall. Mesmer proposed that everything in the universe, including the human body, was governed by a 'magnetic fluid' that could become imbalanced, causing illness.
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As an actor, you're naked emotionally; you're revealing yourself emotionally.
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People appreciate when you make an effort to speak their language.
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There's always been a confusion about my sensibility. 'Is he kind of edgy, or is he Carol Burnett?' I'm a little bit of a hybrid. I like to please, but I like dark stuff, too.
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On the sets, Ali Zafar was extremely entertaining... he would just start singing out of the blue. It was just great!
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I think the best post-breakup album is The Strokes' first album. It's just fun.
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Sex appeal is a good thing for commercial cinema. Though I can't sit at home and consider myself a sex symbol, it is for people to do so. I want to be known as an interesting actor.
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Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.
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For makeup, I prefer to keep it simple for the daytime.
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'In a society where many women are finding it difficult to have husbands of their own due to depletion of men by many factors, homosexuality will exacerbate the disequilibrium, leading to much social unrest.'
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.
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I have no idea how people will respond. The main concern about the Mills project was the traffic and parking congestion.
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I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.
