Amy Vanderbilt Quotes
Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.
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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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I have this extraordinary life during the day, and then I get to come home to my sweet husband who loves to cook with me. I have a nice glass of wine, he has some scotch, we chat, we cook, and we hang out with the dog. I have an absolute dream life.
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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It is hard work to give life to new characters every single day. It is not as if I am God. I am just a tired, middle-aged woman trying to keep going.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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His kiss held his heart. It broke hers.
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IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH THROUGH THE POWER OF DEFINITE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE PLANS.
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You have to feel good about yourself.
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For life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. There is a grotesque horror about its comedies, and its tragedies seem to culminate in farce.
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More than any other art form I know of in America, country music speaks of the true relationship between the American male and the American female... Terrible and impossible.
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Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
