Edith Hahn Beer Quotes
Why did I surround my daughter with these pleasant, soothing lies? Because I wanted her not to feel alone. Just as Mama had always sent me the things she did not have-the cake when she was hungry, the gloves when she was cold-I tried to give Angela the things that I had lost: a family, a secure place in the world, a normal life.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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From a gameplay standpoint, I've said for years that hero, fiction, and tone have nothing to do with the idea that choices have consequences. And that's really what I'm interested in. I care about you showing how clever and creative you are.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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When I was a teen, I thought I would have to choose between my writing or my music or my art, but it turns out it's a difficult juggling game but I can do all of them.
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I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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I was not afraid of the press or the militants. It was uncomfortable, but I was not afraid. With respect to the press, I knew I knew more than they knew about city matters. With respect to the militants, I understood it. I mean, everybody believed in those days that they were being screwed, you know, that somebody was getting ahead of them.
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The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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I love women.
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I'm a working-class kid from a blue-collar New England family.
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When my husband Charles passed away in 2000, I took over as chair of our family's foundation. As I was mourning his loss, I also had to keep the foundation moving forward and to chart a course into what was then a very male-dominated philanthropic world.
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I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.
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In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.
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Honestly, I don't aspire to be a huge movie star. I really just fell in love with acting... Everything I do on-screen is very subtle.
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Why did I surround my daughter with these pleasant, soothing lies? Because I wanted her not to feel alone. Just as Mama had always sent me the things she did not have-the cake when she was hungry, the gloves when she was cold-I tried to give Angela the things that I had lost: a family, a secure place in the world, a normal life.
