Padgett Powell Quotes
Cholesterol to go with alcohol; all the bad things in English-speaking life end in -ol.
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Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow. Not just my size. I thought I was so plain... I did plays not to show off but because if I did that - I didn't realize it at the time - I would be somebody other than this person I didn't really approve of.
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I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in.
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I wouldn't trade a thing. Even the troubles that I had. I have become the husband and mate to my wife that I have because of what I went through, including the bad times. I wouldn't trade that.
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I come to Fashion Week events in New York City twice a year.
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I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
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Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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Investors are right to demand a clear path to self-sustainability from every business they invest in, and I believe we should ask for the same from philanthropy.
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American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very poor people, but that is gone to today and the middle class is shrinking.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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I like communicating and being open and committing. That, for me, has always been something that I like to do.
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Not everyone relates to being a blond girl with blue eyes and is proportioned so she could barely walk if she was a real person.
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Like any other actor, I draw on life experience.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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I believe we are being dishonest with language minority groups if we tell them they can take full part in American life without learning the English language.
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Cholesterol to go with alcohol; all the bad things in English-speaking life end in -ol.
