Edith Wharton Quotes
I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke bad English without the author's knowing it.
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I've ended up on some website list or some other list for super right-wing people. They've been tweeting some pretty rude stuff at me, so I think there's a sect of America out there that doesn't like certain opinions and can really take their claws out when they don't like what you're saying.
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You cannot exploit the advantages of getting above the atmosphere unless you are able to get up there reasonably large-sized telescopes and unless you are able to keep these telescopes pointing at one region of the sky for long periods of time to a high degree of accuracy.
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Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage.
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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
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Maybe because I'm a child of the '80s, but for me, a sequel is a story that follows the previous one, and sometimes if you haven't seen the original, then you don't understand the second one. Like 'Back to the Future 2.' If you haven't seen the first one, you're not going to get anything out of 'Back to the Future 2.'
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I could definitely see myself making a serious movie or a drama in the future.
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Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
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I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself.
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I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.
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Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.
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I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
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This country is pretty amazing.
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Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
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I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little.
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I don't recall that I have said - and I don't think that I really feel - that we need a world government. We need governments of the world that work together and collaborate. But, I can't imagine that there would be any likelihood - or even that it would be desirable - to have a single government elected by the people of the world.
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I think the questions on the grit scale about not letting setbacks disappoint you, finishing what you begin, doing things with focus, I think that those are things I would aspire to or hope for for all our children.
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We did talk about cheese on our first date.
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I think the audience was aware that even when it was farcical, there was the sense that at some level this was about real experience.
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I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke bad English without the author's knowing it.
