Betty White Quotes
If you're walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
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In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.
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My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but I've seen a lot of that stuff since I was young. And then I saw the film 'Annie,' and I just wanted to be Annie; I just wanted to be that orphan kid and wanted to sing and dance.
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Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.
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It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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I mean, if a camera's on you all the time, you don't get real moments.
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'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.
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You have to embrace the people that love you because you're making a difference in people's lives, and you're making them feel something with your music. That, I think, is the biggest key: to stay grounded and focused and stay true to who you are as a person.
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I'm not only passionate about dressing women and helping them feel and look their best, but also about helping to give a stronger voice to women and children in need around the world.
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The value of small business contracting is indisputable. These firms bring healthy competition to the federal market to drive down prices. They are our nation's innovators and job creators, and securing a federal contract helps them grow and offers more benefit to the economy.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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I used to have a real passion for writing, but not so much anymore - probably because I do too much of it.
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I never thought I wanted to direct. I love the control of it. I love to dream of scenes.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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The United States is like a big company, and we need a CEO to run it.
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I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant.
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If you go to India the roads are being built almost entirely with private sector money and by the private sector. If you look at many, many countries in Europe that's how they're doing it.
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The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character.
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If you're walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.
