Angela Lansbury Quotes
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Leadership means setting a moral tone.
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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.
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I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.
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The whole issue of healthcare is very complicated. There have been seven Presidents who've tried to get healthcare reform passed.
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I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me.
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A ton of kids at school have made fun of me; if I had to give advice to other girls, I would say, 'Hang loose and ignore them. They shouldn't faze you no matter how popular they think they are.'
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People say, what is she thinking? I'm thinking: fun; cash; travel.
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But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm.
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I couldn't spell anything. I couldn't remember anything, but I could go to a movie and I knew who starred in it, who directed it, everything.
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If I don't play well, then it's not the end of the world, because we all learn in tennis that there's always next week.
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What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go.
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It's so inspiring to be around other people who have ideas you haven't thought of, and all of a sudden you're like, 'Wow! That's so amazing!' I definitely want everything I do to just get better and better.
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So I decided on science when I was in college.
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No entrepreneur ever publicly admits to bribing, but few dare to openly claim they don't, either.
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It's great when women support women. We need more women out there supporting women.
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I can't talk about every single film I made. It's not my way to go back into the past and to look at my old pictures and to discuss them.
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I normally work out six days a week. I'll do Pilates on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and I'll do cardio on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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So many people are following fashion now. It's become fashion-tainment.
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A little bullet pays off so much in wound ballistics. That is what people who choose these weapons know.
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J. K. Rowling's first 'Harry Potter' manuscript was rejected 12 times. Stephen King's 'Carrie' was rejected 30 times. 'Gone With The Wind' was rejected 38 times. I was immensely proud to have beaten them all.
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The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.
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There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings.
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In Washington, success is just a training course for failure.
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The theater is magical and addictive.
