Lena Horne Quotes
I thought of singing and acting as a living-making. I was able to take care of myself and a few of my friends.
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I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
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My hunger is always there.
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If you want to change things, it requires bravery.
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I've always wanted to do a period piece.
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I dress for men.
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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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If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful.
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I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears.
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Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
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Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the stage.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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When I was a kid, I thought it was tough.
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Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going down the sinkhole with it.
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When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.
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If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.
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You measure a government by how few people need help.
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An artist or a creative person of any kind goes about their work because it's their path, it's what excites them, it's what aligns their soul with who they truly are, who they showed up to be.
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I'm always challenged by someone.
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Compared to TV, 'Palookaville' was restriction-free, except we had no money and no time.
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Nothing's really changed for me over the years. I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.
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If something is visceral and unsettling for me, my job is to not look away, not to punk out. Sometimes the dark things come from places inside me, experiences I've had, that need to be transformed.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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When I'm wrong it's never meant for you, so don't confuse my love with what I do.
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I thought of singing and acting as a living-making. I was able to take care of myself and a few of my friends.
