Edith Wharton Quotes
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.
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My issue with campaign finance is 100 percent disclosure. Wear a suit with patches from your big contributors. Depending on the size of the contribution, that's how big the patch should be.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.
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Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good.
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With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems.
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I believe it's easier to be an actor. Somehow, interviewing seems to be intrusive on people's lives.
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The 'DuckTales' ensemble is clearly critical. There's the core set of characters - Scrooge, Webby, Launchpad, Huey, Dewey and Louie... Plus there's Gyro and Duckworth and Mrs. Beakley and so on. The cast is huge.
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After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
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I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.
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Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I am proud of my kids and happy to brag about their achievements. Their success has been an immense source of happiness for me.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They're really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.
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Fills The air around with beauty.
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I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators
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That's the only sense in which I've been lucky: I have the kind of face to which cosmetics could be applied.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
