Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Quotes
If Beauty is excuse enough for Being, it sure takes Plainness then to feel the real necessity for—Doing.
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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 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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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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Psychoanalytic investigation has shown that in mental patients excessive affection often turns to violent hostility.
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I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'
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I personally approve all the shoes that go into production, and I have a level of involvement with the factories that other people don't have.
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I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
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There is always a reason. When I look back on things that really upset me at the moment, I can always see why it happened in retrospect.
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Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.
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For 'Seabiscuit', I interviewed 100 people I never met.
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I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.'
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Never steal anything so small that you'll have to go to an unpleasant city jail for it instead of a minimum-security federal tennis prison.
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If Beauty is excuse enough for Being, it sure takes Plainness then to feel the real necessity for—Doing.
