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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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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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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'Sexy' is a state of mind, and it can come in all shapes and sizes. It is different for every person.
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You can only see in someone else what you see in yourself.
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I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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Yes, yes; you’ve read thousands of books but you’ve never tried to read your own self; you rush into your temples, into your mosques, but you have never tried to enter your own heart; futile are all your battles with the devil for you have never tried to fight your own desires.
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I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.
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For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological one.
