Edna Woolman Chase Quotes
Ask yourself always: am I harmoniously put together, am I appropriately clad for the deed at hand, and am I free of non-essentials?
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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I picked up my college copy of 'The Great Gatsby' in an attempt to recover from the movie and was interested to find out what I'd underlined. The answer was basically: everything.
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I entered the industry at very young age, and I was like any normal girl at the age of 17 or 18. At that age, most girls are a little plump.
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Boyfriends? Psh, like I've got time for that!
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I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
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I just lost interest in performing.
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How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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My whole career is just terror, from beginning to end. That's kind of my thing. A lot of happy accidents happened.
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Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.
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You see a Donald Trump on TV, just like you'd see Joan Rivers on TV when she was living, and you see a real person. That's the Donald Trump that I know.
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There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl.
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Candour is the brightest gem of criticism.
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If there are rain puddles in heaven, Christina is jumping in them today. And here on Earth, we place our hands over our hearts, and commit ourselves as Americans to forging a country that is forever worthy of her gentle, happy spirit.
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To be understood is to prostitute yourself.
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You've got to pay me to leave my house, spend the night in hotels and fly in airplanes. That's what I get paid for. Playing I actually do for free.
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I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surrounded by all these kids. I took things very seriously.
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Plays are about understanding what happens, what it means. If we just leaned into the story, for lack of a better word, it would still be a powerful story but, like delight, it might disappear an hour after you saw it.
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Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.
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I thought I would be in a band like Arcade Fire or be like Fiona Apple - but pop just made sense to me.
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Ask yourself always: am I harmoniously put together, am I appropriately clad for the deed at hand, and am I free of non-essentials?
