Lynn Fontanne Quotes
One reason we lasted so long is that we usually played two people who were very much in love. As we were realistic actors, we became those two people. So we had a divertissement: I had an affair with him, and he with me.

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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues.
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.
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The first bit of vinyl I bought was Michael Jackson's 'Bad.'
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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I'm fighting hard; I'm training hard. I'm still walking over people and stepping over people to get where I'm going, and I would really like to give back, especially to my mom, who was there for me when I was a kid.
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You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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I don't work for Donald Trump. I work with him. I work for the people who sent me up here. He ran on repealing and replacing Obamacare. Those people that put him and me in office expect us to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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Too many Californians are struggling to make ends meet, pay the bills, and send their kids to college. They are looking for progressive leaders in Washington who will fight for them, like Senator Boxer has done for over 20 years.
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I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. And I still have to suppress that part of me because it can sometimes be a hindrance.
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When you're staring at your phone to navigate and being led places, you do become less aware of your environment, and the journey becomes kind of automated. There is an aliveness that comes with having to puzzle out directions for yourself. And you have to ask other people for help, which creates opportunity for social connection.
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The wrong way to step forward in this campaign.
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One reason we lasted so long is that we usually played two people who were very much in love. As we were realistic actors, we became those two people. So we had a divertissement: I had an affair with him, and he with me.