Talia Shire Quotes
I have a feeling when I'm 80 years old I'm going to get a phone call: There's going to be another Rocky.
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There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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For most of my time in Tallahassee, I did a lot of transportation.
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.
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It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
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I tell 'Hansel and Gretel' stories about heroic children who are lost in a world that seems friendly at first, and then isn't.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
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If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
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I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
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If you see the NBA now, a lot of it is in transition. Most people now try to get an easy shot off in six or eight seconds before the defense gets set.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
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I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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Our job as actors is to invent the things that bridge ourselves with the characters, so you have to build something if it's not there - you try and learn what makes people behave in a certain way.
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I think it’s important to have a good hard failure when you're young. I learned a lot out of that. Because it makes you kind of aware of what can happen to you. Because of it I’ve never had any fear in my whole life when we’ve been near collapse and all of that. I’ve never been afraid. I’ve never had the feeling I couldn’t walk out and get a job doing something.
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No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!
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You just go with your gut instinct, because your gut is smarter than your heart.
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I have a feeling when I'm 80 years old I'm going to get a phone call: There's going to be another Rocky.
