Loretta Young Quotes
When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
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The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.
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I'm really scared of flying. Like, really, really, really scared.
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The environment I was raised in, you had to, to survive.
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Radical common sense is the wisdom gleaned from the past that recognizes the perishable opportunities of the moment. It is the willingness to admit error and the refusal to be deterred by failure.
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Now that I have a dog, I frequently have to take him out and get some exercise, which also gets me exercise.
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It's the best honor when someone wants to use as their professional title the name of a character that you portrayed.
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But when I call for a hero, out comes my lazy old self; so I never know who I am, nor how many I am or will be. I'd love to be able to touch a bell and summon the real me, because if I really need myself, I mustn't disappear.
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When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry.
