Linda Evans Quotes
I'm not obsessed by how I look or with being reed thin, but I do think that as a woman in my 50s, I have 40 years ahead. Looking after yourself goes hand in hand with looking good.
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Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything seems to go. When I started spending too long with the physio and the doctor, I knew it was time to call it a day. But I had no preparation for being retired and I didn't know what to do.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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I still pray a lot. I still believe in God. I just don't believe in any set religion.
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I like almonds as a snack - keeps your energy up but doesn't fill you up.
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I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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If you look at Japanese drama, I think there is definitely a treasure trove of it, but I just don't think that people know about it. It's got to be pitched and presented better.
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But, drawn to her at that moment, he felt a quiet like the voice of the rain flow over him. He knew well enough that for her it was in fact no waste of effort, but somehow the final determination that it was had the effect of distilling and purifying the woman's existence.
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For me, as an actress, being a dancer has helped me. I've done it with my feet bloody.
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I learned I'm not a good executive, I'm an entrepreneur and I'm creative. I have to go with my gut and do what I want to do.
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My parents from a very young age raised my sister and I under a pressure to achieve. They're both attorneys. So good marks, getting through university, there was a huge emphasis and pressure to do well and keep going.
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I'm not obsessed by how I look or with being reed thin, but I do think that as a woman in my 50s, I have 40 years ahead. Looking after yourself goes hand in hand with looking good.
