Gertrude Atherton Quotes
Plot and melodrama were in every life; in some so briefly as hardly to be recognized, in others-in that of certain men and women in the public eye, for instance-they were almost in the nature of a continuous performance.
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Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
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I like to discover new things.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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Fashion anticipates.
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I don't like to pretend I was guided in any way by the supernatural world, but the more you talk about that, the easier it is to dismiss those notions.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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I do watch 'Revenge,' 'American Horror Story' and 'Game of Thrones.' I am behind on all of them. But I do watch them. Those are my go-to shows.
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'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.
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It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.
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I used to hate stilettos. It took me a lot of time to understand how to walk in them and look graceful. And eventually, you realise their importance.
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I don't mind being pale. In high school, it seemed like everybody cared about being tan all year round, but I haven't really thought about it since then. I don't go to a tanning bed, and I get bored when I lay out. I put sunscreen on when I'm in the sun, and sometimes I get tan, but I don't really think about it very much.
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I'm probably the only bottom-heavy golfer in the country.
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My first wife was a theater person.
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A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred - the human law in himself, his own individual will.
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I had four sandwiches when I left New York. I only ate one and a half during the whole trip and drank a little water. I don't suppose I had time to eat any more because, you know, it surprised me how short a distance it is to Europe.
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It would seem that the full meaning of the word marriage can never be known by those who, at their first outspring into life, are surrounded by all that money can give. It requires the single sitting-room, the single fire, the necessary little efforts of self-devotion, the inward declaration that some struggle shall be made for that other one.
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I was in the White House for a year and a half. Up to that point, all my jobs had been very unglamorous.
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Plot and melodrama were in every life; in some so briefly as hardly to be recognized, in others-in that of certain men and women in the public eye, for instance-they were almost in the nature of a continuous performance.
