Alan Ladd Quotes
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I love what I do professionally, I'm really blessed. But my priority is my husband and my children.
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When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.
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Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.
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I'm 34 years old. In most jobs, your early 30s to early 40s are your power years.
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I really believe the nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons is the world's most ominous threat.
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Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus.
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I wouldn't argue that Mitt Romney is a white supremacist.
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Female hysteria is a subject I'm very fond of. I always try to bring it in somewhere. For me, it is the finest part of the line between comedy and tragedy.
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It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.
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Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There's absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around the union how it's produced good, paying jobs both on the construction sites and back in American factories. It has worked.
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My parents didn't have any money.
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As an actor, as you grow into where you fit in the industry, you're just trying to find the opportunities, hoping they grow and you get to do more.
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The reality of marriage as the union of a mother and a father is grounded in our very biology.
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The people I know who seem to make unusual efforts at rationality, are unusually honest, or, failing that, at least have unusually bad social skills.
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Veniano sospirando, e gli occhi bassiParean tener d'ogni baldanza privi.
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A lady likes to be complimented on her looks, her eyes, her figure. But the personality comments are much appreciated.
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Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their effects, though powerful, are limited to periods of comparatively short duration.
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I ran into Snoop one night. I was in the studio later, and I got this beat and thought he would sound great on it. I called him and he came right through that night.
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I remember in 1990, there were five of us making $3 million a year. When guys passed us, we didn't cry. Why would we cry? You didn't get mad when someone got $6 million. Or $8 million.
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I remember one letter from a girl in a midwestern town who read one of my books and thought she had discovered it- that no one had ever read it or knew about it. Then one day in her local library she found cards for one or two of my other books. They were full of names- the books were borrowed all the time. She resented this a bit and then walked around the town looking in everybody's face and wondering if they were the ones who were reading my books. That is someone I write for.
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They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom.
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Despite his [Artie Shaw's] affectations of reclusiveness, he never tired of talking about himself, as countless long interviews reveal. I do not recall an anecdote he ever told me that was not in some way intended to convey a sense of his own superiority to everyone. . One wonders how a person of his character could produce such beauty.
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But we are nonetheless amazed and very pleased that our tournament has been so well received.
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I was never trained for anything.
