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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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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Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.
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Speaking about myself, I've been pleasantly surprised that my older plays are still being performed. Most important is that they still have something to say to today's audience, in particular the young people who enjoy my plays. That's the best I could hope for, that the plays aren't single-use products of one era.
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Don't give in! Make your own trail. Don't moan. Don't complain. Think positively.
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For at least a decade, Millennials have been stereotyped as lazy, entitled, and stuck on social media. While that may not be entirely fair, they are notoriously liberal, overwhelmingly supporting left-leaning candidates and favoring policies like nationalized healthcare and same-sex 'marriage.'
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Success can be as simple as the warm feeling you get when you smile at a stranger, someone you know must be lonely, and having that stranger return your smile. It can be the bringing of a child into the world and raising that child to be a good man or woman.
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I probably owe an apology to fans that have been supportive and have not wanted to believe any of this was true. It takes a little bit of the sheen off of the mystique.
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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.
