Barbara Eden Quotes
I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
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An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.
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As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!
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When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13.
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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We need a stronger national voice for social workers which leads to a change in how the profession is viewed and its ability to represent itself to other professional bodies and with central government.
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There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.
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With most good scripts and good shows, they expect the actor to bring some of their ideas to the backstory of the character. It's always a good collaboration between the actor and the writer and the director to try stuff out during the process.
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I have had the privilege of working with the best in the business, from photographers to designers to magazines. There's not much more to ask for but I'm still looking forward to one day working with photographers Mert and Marcus, Tim Walker and Nick Knight.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
