Eileen Wilks Quotes
Dogs make sense. They understand hierarchy and the need to cooperate. They come when you call them. A cat though—a cat will take your number and get back to you. Maybe. If he’s in a good mood.
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Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage.
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You're not a baby boomer if you don't have a visceral recollection of a Kennedy and a King assassination, a Beatles breakup, a U.S. defeat in Vietnam, and a Watergate.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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The more work I do and the more I put myself out there publicity-wise, it's gonna be less and less chances of me being able to just walk around without being noticed.
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Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
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When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexuality. I'd been warned that he might giggle if I mentioned homosexuality.
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There are two books that impressed me when I was very young. One was 'The Adventures of Augie March' - the idea of having something so generous, and so adventurous and improvisatory. The other was 'The U.S.A. Trilogy,' by John Dos Passos.
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I think I've had an interesting life. I've done films, TV, theatre and got married. I don't have any regrets.
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I want to be a part of a winning culture.
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One of the high points of my career was winning the Grammy for 'I Will Survive.'
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The true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.
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Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song?
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Music is like painting in sound. You take it into your inner heart and never lose it. It's eternally mysterious.
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But it became clear as time went on that in Mr. Bush's mind the New World Order was founded on a convergence of goals and interests between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, so strong and permanent that they would work as a team through the U.N. Security Council.
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That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.
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As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music, all pianists played it.
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We all enjoy pushing ourselves to accomplish our objectives. But we don't need stress to get there.
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The cat, covered in dust and standing on its hind legs, bowed to Margarita. Round its neck it was now wearing a made-up white bow tie on an elastic band, with a pair of ladies’ mother-of-pearl binoculars hanging on a cord. It had also gilded its whiskers.
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This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area.
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A little drowsing cat is an image of perfect beatitude.
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I'm a country girl at heart. I think an old-school Western would kind of be really up my alley and would be so fun. I'm so comfortable in that genre and around horses.
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Dogs make sense. They understand hierarchy and the need to cooperate. They come when you call them. A cat though—a cat will take your number and get back to you. Maybe. If he’s in a good mood.
