Lauren Bacall Quotes
About working with Marilyn Monroe.We got along very well. My only complaint about her was that she was late all the time, but she was late out of fear as much as anything else, but it was hard to sit around and wait. She was usually an hour or two late every morning.
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.
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I watch Jay. I watch 'Letterman'. I flip back and forth between 'Conan' and 'Letterman', especially the top of the show for those guys.
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The 'army camp' that coordinates the agencies of our brain is vulnerable, both in itself and from within. In effect, he who can know and master its functioning and psychology from outside can become twice its master.
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India is an important market for Ericsson, not only as a telecom market but also as a global hub for R&D.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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You need to learn. You need to grow up. You need to step up and know the difference between what you can do and what you can't.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, she may have a diminished earning capacity because of the fact that she will bear children. Of course, this is case by case. I had two kids, and it didn't really slow me down at all.
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I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything.
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I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
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If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice.
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I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I love comedy; I love making people laugh. That's my brand.
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Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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Some of the best dramatic actors have started in comedy.
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I've been that celebrity on the red carpet, and I appreciate that something hasn't got to just look good from the front, from the back, it's got to look good at all angles.
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One of the hopes we have when we hear or read an interview with a mystery writer is to get inside the writer's head, to learn something we didn't know before.
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If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.
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If we could export more finished products instead of raw materials, we could become a middle-income country.
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Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage.
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Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order.
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About working with Marilyn Monroe.We got along very well. My only complaint about her was that she was late all the time, but she was late out of fear as much as anything else, but it was hard to sit around and wait. She was usually an hour or two late every morning.
