Ali MacGraw Quotes
The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.
Quotes to Explore
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
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A well-aimed spear is worth three.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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So many of the recipes that I come up with have a story. I'm a blogger. It flowed very naturally out of me, but I also knew this was a way to set my recipes apart. A, they are always using interesting ingredients but B, there is always a story behind it.
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Sometimes what you mustn't do is just as just as important as what you must do.
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I saw stars like Helen Hayes, Maurice Evans, Tallulah Bankhead and Cornelia Otis Skinner. It was enchanting. I knew that was the world I wanted to be in.
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I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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To see the faces and hear the voices of victims of the Holocaust - one of the darkest chapters in history - was an experience I will never forget.
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I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it.
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A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.
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I didn't have a choice growing up but to be more insecure because others had more.
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To travel? In order to travel it's enough to be. ... Why travel? In Madrid, in Berlin, in Persia, in China, at the Poles both, where would I be but in myself, and in the sort and kind of my sensations?Life is what we make of it. Travels are travellers. What we see is not what we see but what we are.
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I live in Los Angeles, mostly, and have a lot of girlfriends and a full life out here.
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I do not know at what moment in life, if ever, we realise that we are neither George Sands nor Juliets. Of course, if we are not beautiful, we recognise early that beauty is nothing.
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The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.
