Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Quotes
If Beauty is excuse enough for Being, it sure takes Plainness then to feel the real necessity for—Doing.
Quotes to Explore
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Advertising, music, atmospheres, subliminal messages and films can have an impact on our emotional life, and we cannot control it because we are not even conscious of it.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.
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It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers.
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Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed.
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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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I believe sci-fi fans are incredibly intelligent.
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Every non-Marxist economic theory that treats human and non-human productive inputs as interchangeable assumes that the dehumanisation of human labour is complete. But if it could ever be completed, the result would be the end of capitalism as a system capable of creating and distributing value.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.
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I will continue to try and be innovative to keep it fresh for my fans.
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Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
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Sometimes I think I might not have written 'The Age of Miracles' if I hadn't grown up in California, if I hadn't been exposed to its very particular blend of beauty and disaster, of danger and denial.
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People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
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If I spend 10 days at home, I'll be dying to get back to the set. I love the thrill of a good dialogue, the buzz of shooting.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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If Beauty is excuse enough for Being, it sure takes Plainness then to feel the real necessity for—Doing.
