Bette Davis Quotes
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Sometimes what I think what the news is missing is the human element, the connection - the moment that you look into a little girl's eyes or a father who has just left his family and risked everything just to try and survive.
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Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities.
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There are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher.
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I'm no hardened criminal who the authorities need to hunt.
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I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me.
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I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song.
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When I first came to Hollywood, I could not break into movies.
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We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to buy prescription drugs for old people, and we must do it... for the children.
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Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.
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Into this neutral air Where blind skyscrapers use Their full height to proclaim The strength of Collective Man, Each language pours its vain Competitive excuse.
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During one new moon at perigee, I stood on high ground, watching salt ponds overflow, cover the beach, and meet the ocean. Because the moon was invisible, the water was black as it drowned the sand, and the event felt primal - which in fact it was, because it was nature.
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I looked on IMDB, at the message boards there, and someone had posted something about a sheep having more talent than me.
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Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm.
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Everything I've performed has been from my own head.
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Someone told me that you could learn to sing, and that there are muscles that if you build, you will sing.
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At 32, I kind of thought I was past the point where I was gonna get a break that really changed my life overnight.
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When we went into the Marine Corps, we didn't know what it was that we were going to do
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Lord, I believe it's raining all over the world.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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Where I'm from, we don't do the kiss-on-the-cheek thing. Sometimes we can feel a bit awkward in England. Someone needs to let me know what the rules are because I don't want to be rude. I need a little more etiquette coaching.
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I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
