Lauren Bacall Quotes
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Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.
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My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.
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There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.
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Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.
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Offset's the animal out the group. But he ain't no bad guy.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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I had to skydive for the movie and I was terrified. Like everybody, I thought it was going to be one of those experiences that changes your life. It didn't.
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I had great English teachers in high school who first piqued my interest in Shakespeare. Each year, we read a different play - 'Othello,' 'Julius Caesar,' 'Macbeth,' 'Hamlet' - and I was the nerd in class who would memorize soliloquies just for the fun of it.
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I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
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I have a great support network - my family, my model agency Storm, and people I work with in the fashion industry. And, of course, there are all my followers on Twitter who stop me from feeling lonely; I love them all. They keep me grounded.
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Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
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I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything, to any of the movies I've made.
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I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.
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Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
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Money has no moral opinions.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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I owe a lot to my time on 'House of Cards' because, up until I booked that show, I had been working consistently for 12 years, but I wasn't working on anything that mattered in the way 'House of Cards' did to its audience, to casting directors, to directors and producers. The show hit this sweet spot.
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I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented.
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I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.
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Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
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Punctuation was, it is sad to say, invented a very long time ago. Even more frustrating, it has remained with us ever since.
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You can't always be a leading lady.
