Sally Rand Quotes
What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.
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If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.
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North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
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There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
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Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.
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One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.
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Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
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I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.
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The whole concept of witches was that women were speaking up for themselves and fighting for their rights. The whole concept of witchcraft came into play to hold down women and women's empowerment.
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Tolerance is another word for indifference.
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My mother always tells me that when I was a little kid, my first ambition was to be a truck driver, and after that, I went through everything from wanting to be a Prime Minister to an air hostess, but never an actor. So I became one, and it was a great journey. I learnt a lot, worked very hard.
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Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.
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I was obsessed with the scientific instruments people were building and all the weird experiments they were doing. I did actually wind up working in some of that, but there were whole sections I'd written about these instruments that ultimately had to be abandoned when I realized that the book really was about Margaret Cavendish. I couldn't justify using all of them.
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What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
