Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orleans Quotes
One who no longer wishes to laugh had best marry in France; they will soon find that it is no laughing matter.
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Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I'm not confident in my own ability to resist the titanic force of my own ego.
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
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If we were poor, we didn't know it 'cause I guess you don't miss what you never had. So, you know, we made do with whatever. We used to make our own toys, and we used to play with spinning tops and marbles. A pocket full of marbles, and you were rich - you didn't worry about no money.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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It's like the old rule-if you introduce a gun into the first act of a play, it's going to be used in the third act. So if you do a movie about criminals, you have to accept there's going to be Some action.
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Music enriches people's lives in the same way paintings and literature do. Everybody deserves that.
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I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
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Stuart Murdoch is a really special human being - really creative, but also really kind and gentle.
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Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.
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I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.
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I'm a big fan of the poet Mary Jo Salter, and although she doesn't need to be discovered at all - she's widely admired and anthologized and extremely accomplished - I wish she were a household name.
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I really like to cook.
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Movies, I don't really get the bad guys. In theater, I get more bad guys. Both audiences and directors are more willing... to allow people to stretch. In movies, you do one thing, and then that's their reference.
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I'm a huge fan of good, procedural-type shows on television... there are a lot of roles for women. But there aren't a lot of great network television roles for girls that will let you start a character in one place and finish up with her in a totally different one.
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We've gotten tremendous support. Everybody now understands how critical it is to help small businesses get out of this recession and into recovery.
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I used to ride motorbikes and drive cars like everything was a racetrack; it was ridiculous. It wasn't because I thought it was cool; it was just because I loved living on the edge. But I've chilled.
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With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
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I'm trying my best.
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My children are living, thinking human beings. It isn't in my power to regret them, for they belong to themselves.
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All good ideas are terrible... Until people realize they are obvious. If you're not willing to live through the terrible stage, you'll never get to the obvious part.
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One who no longer wishes to laugh had best marry in France; they will soon find that it is no laughing matter.
