Anita Loos Quotes

I've never known a Philadelphian who wasn't a downright 'character'; possibly a defense mechanism resulting from the dullness of their native habitat.

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• Oakland kids are always the best.

  

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• My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.

  

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• We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

  

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• Hollywood's got its own particular environment.

  

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• Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

  

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• Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'

  

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• We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.

  

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  • Great
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• It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.

  

  Yuna
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• I look formidable.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Look
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• Tech never comes back the same.

  

  Samuel J. Palmisano
  • Never
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• I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • World
  • Real
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• The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Today
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• I don't know anyone who likes the American League games better. Maybe some fans do. But if you're not an actual DH, you probably prefer the National League.

  

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  • American
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• Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.

  

  Yancy Butler
  • Proud
  • Only
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• A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • Think
  • Sound

• The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.

  

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  • People
  • World
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• When I looked at the skeleton of 'Damn Yankees,' I saw an indestructible story, absolutely original characters, one of the freshest, sassiest American scores of the century, and some outmoded equipment.

  

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  • Story
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• I tend to eat vegetables only when I'm with the kids and the rest of the time, I'm a bit slack. But, I am weight-conscious, so I concentrate on avoiding junk food.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • Food
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• I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. It's nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there's something playable there, and if it's interesting to do, then that's nice.

  

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  • Time
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  • Character

• In a really good, closely matched situation, the style of the boxer is every bit as explicit and specific to him as a painter's hand.

  

  Katherine Dunn
  • Good
  • Hand
  • Style

• It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.

  

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  • Girl
  • Gender

• Because of things like iTunes and streaming and social networking, it's destroyed music. It's destroyed the motivation to go out there and really make the best record possible. It's a shame.

  

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  • Music
  • motivation

• I've never known a Philadelphian who wasn't a downright 'character'; possibly a defense mechanism resulting from the dullness of their native habitat.

  

  Anita Loos
  • Character
  • Cities
  • Defense