Gene Shalit Quotes
Some films could only have been cast in one way: Screen tests were given and the losers got the parts.
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I like movies in particular, on video or T.V. I have lots of old favorites, like Danny Kaye in 'The Court Jester' or 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' or James Stewart in 'Winchester '73.' But I also like a lot of modern films.
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There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
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In private, I'm a hippie who follows Buddhism, does yoga, meditates and loves to dance wildly.
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We all know and we all perceive Christian Dior in a very specific way.
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With movies, you can do a lot more roles a lot faster. My favorite thing about acting is taking on new characters. It's fun switching it up at times. No matter what, I feel so honored and blessed to be 16 and already living my dream. It's really special.
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If you love something, you have to stay really focused and can't let outside things distract you.
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You don't become the character.
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Monterey was the Maraschino cherry on top of the Sundae that was the '60s. It was totally unprecedented, and the audience was unprecedented in their joy.
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I pursue one goal the encyclopaedia of life.
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I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can't we learn from all we've been through after two thousand years?
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The song I came to sing remains unsung to this day. I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument. The time has not come true, the words have not been rightly set; only there is the agony of wishing in my heart . . .
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He found a new way to cover up his bad breath. He holds up his arms.
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Based on the experience of history and civilization of mankind, which is more important for Muslims today, to no longer busy discussing the greatness that Muslims achieved in the past, or debating who first discovered the number zero, including the number one, two, three and so on, as the contribution of Muslims in the writing of numbers in this modern era and the foundation and development of civilizations throughout the world. But how Muslims will regained the lead and control of science and technology, leading back and become a leader in the world of science and civilization, because it represents a real achievement.
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
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So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?
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I didn't get a high school diploma. I really didn't have much of an education, which left me open to educating myself throughout my life, without the limitations on intellectual curiosity a formal education can impose. I followed what interested me.
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I knew as a young boy that addiction and alcoholism afflict people - good, loving people - in profound ways, and that some people - usually from those rare "normal" families that I longed for as a child and as an adult wonder if they even exist - didn't understand this and sort of looked down their noses at people suffering with addiction.
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The reason that he knew so much about everything, I found, was that wherever he went he got right in with the people.
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I made The War Zone when I had just given birth to twins, and my post-partum frame was very much on display there.
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Some films could only have been cast in one way: Screen tests were given and the losers got the parts.
