Anne Sexton Quotes
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Broadway is really my life.
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The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end the show on: it was a sort of 'It's a Wonderful Life' with Larry as the Jimmy Stewart character. In that episode, I was an ineffectual-schlep kind of brother, who got divorced three or four times and was a Las Vegas reject.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
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I guess actors are very sensitive people. We're porous.
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If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.
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There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't imagine it, don't think it could happen. When it does, you are puzzled.
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I am happy in Paris.
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One of the great things about the sci-fi genre is that you can kind of get away with a bit more when talking politics, making social references or dealing with very hot-button topics because it is sci-fi.
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I meet kids now who become novelists, poets, write for the theater and movies, who were simply inspired by what they saw during the Spoleto Festival.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.
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As a producer, the most important call you can get is on Saturday morning, when the Friday-night grosses come in. As a director, you want your film to be successful. But your outlook is a bit different. You become very conscious of the reviews.
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When it comes to meetings and preparing for that, it doesn't matter if it's a meeting with the U.N.; with a large operator, CEO, or chairman; or if I have an internal meeting - in all cases, I know that the energy and the engagement in every discussion is extremely important.
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I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.
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You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil. I think it's lame when people act as if they're better than everyone!
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Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world.
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And God smiled again,And the rainbow appeared,And curled itself around his shoulder.
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Requests for mustache rides were the big common theme, around the time of the release of the season. People were saying how much they hated him, obviously, and how they would kill him or choke him. There were just all kinds of things. You name it, I got it.
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There is no such thing as a black middle class.
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Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right.
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I rot on the wall, my ownDorian Gray.
