George Alec Effinger Quotes
I figured if Allah had wanted us up that early, He wouldn't have invented noon.
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I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.
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It's a coincidence that most of the films I have done are to do with social causes.
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Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden.
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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
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The story of a passionate woman in a stale marriage is as old as Helen of Troy.
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in my life after having been a bachelor for so long. And I really wanted to take my mind off of the agony, and so I decided to sit down and write a book.
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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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For me, New York is comfortable, not strange.
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Everybody is struggling for the good things of the world, and all the arguments to prove that they are not desirable are worse than wasted.
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I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors of my age were influenced by his very individual vocal delivery. He was a showman who would always play to the gallery.
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I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever... I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me.
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There are no original ideas. There are only original people.
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I'd like to win an Oscar.
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I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.
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All children should have equal opportunities.
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If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.
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Teaching is a good preparation for politics because you have to reply to questions when you don't know the answer.
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Acting is a cruel enough business. One minute everyone's going 'Hey!' and the next they're going 'Who?'. You certainly don't need people knowing your private business, especially if you want to come out with your head still attached.
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There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.
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And they were quiet but their blood and nerves and butterflies were not—they were rampantly alive, rushing and thrumming in a wild and perfect melody, matched note for note.
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I figured if Allah had wanted us up that early, He wouldn't have invented noon.
