Bette Davis Quotes
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The level of discourse in this country is falling to a depth that cannot be sustained.
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One advantage of getting older is knowing when to worry.
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We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.
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Now that I'm retired, I want to say that all defensive linemen are sissies.
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I just think the most difficult thing to displace is privilege.
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When you start thinking about death more than sex, you know you're getting old.
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The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.
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I never thought acting would be my life. I only started doing it because I needed something to occupy my weekends after I dislocated my knee and couldn't play sport.
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We seem to be able to be fully comfortable only when the remainder of humanity can be labeled as members versus nonmembers.
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You don't get better as you get older in your career. It's not natural to have your best years late in your career. So I'm trying to do whatever I can to keep my body feeling good for as long as I can.
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The best climber is the one who has the most fun.
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Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.
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Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail.
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I'm always looking to the lightweight superproduct that you apply and almost don't see. That's the ultimate, at least for me.
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You can do but one of these things; it is folly to attempt anything else, for there cannot exist a slave confederacy and a free confederacy side by side upon this continent.
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I suppose the "dilemma" might come up if I see a black athlete from the U.S. squaring off against a white Canadian athlete. Who do I want to identify with? I certainly will not and cannot say that race determines how I see competition. I'm certainly aware of how race plays into the way others see and portray competition some times, but I don't have to invest in it that way myself. Unless it's boxing.
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I think the main thing that we can do as adults helping young people to find the joy in reading, whether we're parents or caregivers or educators, is to come at that subliminally as much as possible and not to make it an issue. The key is to know the individual child and get them materials to read that's going to speak to them best.
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I never thought I'd write, because I'd never written anything in my whole life.
