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'm thinking about governing as the governor of this state, and that's what I'm going to do.
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I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
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I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him.
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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
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We were living in a tumultuous time, when the world was upside down. Freeman produced a show that was black and white, the good guys versus the bad guys.
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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.
