Lee Strasberg Quotes
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I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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I like to think that I could praise the good book of someone I personally dislike. I try not to comment on the person, to be insulting, but I have no trouble being insulting to the work.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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The worst affected from corruption is the common man.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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I didn't intend to introduce food so early, but she became very interested at about 5 months, and I just gave her whatever sort of nutrient-rich food I had. Her first food was smoked trout.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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I did the 'Crook and Chase' show while I was in Nashville. They asked me if I had a church background, and when I said I was born a Baptist, that got the audience on fire. They must have all been Baptists.
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You know, quarterbacks, I think greatness in quarterbacks is taking what you've got, whether it's a great team, a good team, or a struggling team and make them better.
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The first tattoo I got was when I was 17, and it's a cross on my bicep with 'Only God Can Judge Me' underneath.
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You'd be surprised how difficult it is relinquish a cell phone.
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Musically, swing pretty much dominated in the '30s. And into the late '30s, swing is beginning to change over to bebop in the early '40s, which is exactly when this new science of theoretical physics, particularly theoretical atomic physics, was really coming to the fore.
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If we cannot see the possibility of greatness, how can we dream it?
