Cynthia Lord Quotes
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I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.
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I'm pretty much friendly and compassionate to everybody. But not to people in the ring.
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I grew up taking care of the pigs. I love this country that, you know, somebody can do something like that.
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It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
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I've had meetings with Fidel Castro. I've had meetings with Kim Il-Sung. I've had meetings with other dictators. I've met with the Butcher of Beijing. You know, I think it's important to hear, you know, each other's perspective.
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But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from.
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The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come!
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So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn't have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!
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Practicing is not normally fun. Sometimes people say they're practicing, but they're really just enjoying themselves and the instrument. That's not real practice.
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I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.
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When you're working well, you don't do research. Whatever you need comes to you.
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People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me.
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I love working closely with people.
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The soul is your innermost being. The presence that you are beyond form. The consciousness that you are beyond form, that is the soul. That is who you are in essence.
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I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
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People were saying, 'He's worth £32m? He tried a back-heel and fell over!' Even I laughed. In my head, I said, 'OK, you've seen the bad side, now come see the good side'.
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There are people who are profoundly mentally ill. But we now have a very weird perspective on mental illness and what it means. I do think that people are overmedicated.
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People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.
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You turn hotdogs with tongs. Don't you ever use those tongs on a hamburger.
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I think NASCAR's coming to Canada now so it'll take on a whole new relevance. Be afraid.
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The first 'D' is to dream: dream big - not for yourself, but for the country and for the world. The second 'D' is to discover: discover your full potential and the opportunities that surround you; and the third 'D' is to do. 'Do' means to act on your dreams and make best use of the opportunities you have discovered.
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For many years prior to the 1990s, European integration was embraced and supported by a large majority of citizens. A united Europe, bound by commonly-held democratic values, was perceived as an essential and effective buffer against the Soviet empire. A united Europe made a repeat of the First and Second World Wars almost unthinkable.
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I come from a working-class background, and I thought I had to be studying something that would get me a job.
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Some people think they know who you are, when really they don't.
