Annette Bening Quotes
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A dog is a pitiful thing, depending wholly on companionship, and utterly lost except in packs or by the side of his master. Leave him alone, and he does not know what to do except bark and howl and trot about till sheer exhaustion forces him to sleep.
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It's a great time of the year... if you can stand it.
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The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stuff that's not needed.
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I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
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My idea of success is not Oscars. Am I glad I have that little trinket? Yes, I am. But it depends on how you define success. The minute I got my first professional cheque from Joel Schumacher, I was successful. Somebody's paying me to act!
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After the 'Grey Album,' everyone thought of me as the hip-hop guy, the remix maestro. I didn't know how to show them otherwise.
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The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist's choice.
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Littlenecks and cherrystones are chewy and sweet on the half shell with mignonette, served raw. But a well-cooked clam is a toothsome, tender thing, full of that magical stuff known as clam liquor.
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Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere.
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And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.
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Growing up in South London, we went to a school where there were not that many Jewish kids. I love being Jewish in L.A.; it feels really normal. The culture seems to be integrated into Hollywood. Everyone uses Yiddish words like 'schlep' and 'schmooze.' That's what I love about New York, too.
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I don't want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.
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Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.
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No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world.
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When Ralf Rangnick was in charge, you could see he was out to force a pressing game.
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Every presidential candidate highlights patriotism, but Mr. Romney's is backed by the Mormon belief that the United States was chosen by God to play a special role in history, its Constitution divinely inspired.
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I will be treble-sinewed, hearted, breathed, And fight maliciously; for when mine hours Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives Of me for jests; but now I'll set my teeth And send to darkness all that stop me.
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We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
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I got this tiger head ring that's similar to a Cartier ring. I had my jeweler Sean from Detroit make it similar to the Cartier ring, but gold and diamonded-out. That's my Detroit tiger. It's made with two different golds - the bottom is yellow and the top is gold.
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I am in awe of Ruth Draper.
