Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes
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I ended the war a horse ahead.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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I'm a holy man minus the holiness.
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While I was busy hating Vegas, and hiding from Vegas, a funny thing happened. I grew to love Vegas.
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I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.
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Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
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I understand how the economy actually works.
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I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.
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I certainly went to New York because I was searching. Most people who go to New York are searching.
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If Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity.
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Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.
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I have friends who are leading men, and they're only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character actor, there's a wider variety of projects available. On the big Hollywood films, all they care about is having their lead in place, so it's actually easier for someone like me to slip in. And I'm happy to do so.
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There's always a positive to those negative times, because you come out of it so much stronger and wiser. Strength comes from every hardship, and it's been a lesson for me.
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[Her life with Tony Curtis in 1961:] We were beginning the climb to a higher plateau. Acceptance. Recognition. Status. Security. We only had to hold on and hope the thin air didn't make us dizzy and cause a tumble. We also needed to remember that the inside had to ascend together with the outside.
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If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.
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You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
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The progress of civilization corresponds with the spread of general nausea.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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I feel it's tougher for the guys, because if I break up with them, then they can go on and be forced to watch me on TV every day. I don't see them.
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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
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Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.
