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'm a drifter and an outsider. There's not one single environment I can totally belong to.
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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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To have much learning, to be skillful in handicraft, well-trained in discipline, and to be of good speech -- this is the greatest blessing.
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To suggest that a Muslim cannot think for himself sounds to me very much like an incident of anti-Muslim bigotry.
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There's just not that many videos I want to watch.
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When we see people as losers, we treat them with contempt. When we see them as lost, we treat them with compassion.
