Eileen Favorite Quotes
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Winning is everything in Hollywood.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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I've completely fallen in love with the U.K., and I'd love to spend a couple of months a year there.
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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
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Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
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What would ultimately de-escalate the challenges of society would be for people to get educated, especially for more women to be educated because when more women are educated, they invest much more of their time and income in ensuring that the next generation would perform even more than they have done.
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There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.
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Actually the action called a kiss represented nothing more for me than some place where my spirit could seek shelter.
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Dogs, to me, are like children. They are the closest thing to God. They are so pure in their love, and all they do is aim to please.
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It was a fun show. At one point the barricade in front of the stage gave way, which scared the concert promoters because they thought people were going to get hurt. So we had to stop the show for a while. That was funny... Although I guess only funny because no one got hurt.
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Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.
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I like music that just gives you goose bumps.
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There are a lot of guys in Hollywood who clap you on the back just a little too hard.
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I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has led me to give my painting a character of even greater bareness.
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Blessed the one who meditates on death each day and destroys the base passions lurking in the vines of the heart, for he will be consoled in the moment of separation.
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As a mother, I work hard every day and I expect that work to be recognized and appreciated. Because I work for and with human beings, sometimes they're grateful and sometimes they aren't.
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I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.
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A friend of mine said something powerful at his grandfather's funeral. He said that the greatest lesson from his grandfather's life was that he died empty, because he accomplished everything he wanted, with no regrets. I think that, along with leaving a legacy, would be the greatest sign of success.
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For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological one.
