Gertrude Atherton Quotes
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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Conformity is dangerous.
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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It's really corny to say, but if you are happily married and have good kids, that is about 98 per cent of what you should be seeking to achieve.
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Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody.
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A lot of movies that come from Israel are about war, but there is such good, funny, rounded writing that comes from the country that I wish more people would discover.
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My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on screen.
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With acting, I felt like I had a lot to prove because I didn't study it; I didn't work my way up in a traditional sense.
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When my lover Hubert Sorin was dying of AIDS, he was always trying to fix me up - posthumously, as it were - with the cute busboy at the hotel.
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I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.
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I would like people to get a differentiated historical view of Germany.
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But working with Dre, I grew up with his music, so I'm still like more a fan.
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I've been told by many people that if I had a Twitter account, I would be making five hundred thousand dollars more a year.
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Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
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I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.
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I'm into women. I've always loved women.
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God doesn't give a man anything more precious than a good woman.
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Time spent in being interrupted is not time lost. ... How do we know but that the interruption we snarl at is the most blessed thing that has come to us in long days?
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Leave this world a little better than you found it.
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All women want to be understood until they understand themselves.
