Lillian Hellman Quotes
There are people who eat earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. Then there are people who stand around and watch them eat it. (Softly) Sometimes I think it ain't right to stand and watch them do it.
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I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
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I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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We live on the circumference of a hollow circle. We draw the circumference, like spiders, out of ourselves: it is all criticism of criticism.
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If it's something quite low-key then I'll often do my own makeup. But for something like a premiere, it's good to have a makeup artist because they know what they're doing.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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I had both my children at home. It came naturally to me.
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I am always interested in characters who are in these kinds of transitional moments in their lives, when it's not clear where they're going to end up. It's interesting territory for fiction.
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I have always believed that women are not victims, we are agents of change, we are drivers of projects.
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All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly.
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People who live in glasshouses might as well answer the door
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There are people who eat earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. Then there are people who stand around and watch them eat it. (Softly) Sometimes I think it ain't right to stand and watch them do it.
