Edward Herrmann Quotes
I like sunny stories. You know, my favorite girls in the '50s were Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Esther Williams.
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I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.
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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
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Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.
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People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.
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The hooks didn't roll out any more sevens than my hands did before them.
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I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by fighting for the people I cared about and loving those close to me, I could leave the world a better place.
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Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister's head using alginating plaster.
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What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.
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My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
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I lived for a year in Scotland. British sign language is very different from American.
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I'd love to do a sci-fi movie, a western, or an espionage thriller. But I'm not going to limit myself. If a good script comes along, I'm not going to discount it because it doesn't fit into one of these genres.
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I've known a lot of cowboys and a few cowgirls. They're, by and large, some of the smartest, funniest, most courteous, generous, and hardest-working people you'd ever want to know.
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When I was younger, I used to love Tim Burton's 'Batman.' I was, like, 15, and even then, I was aware, 'This is really the Joker's film.' It's like, the Joker just takes over, and Batman, you really don't learn too much about him.
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There are people who don't respond to color. That's what painting is. It's color.
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Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit. A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty- their power and privilege- to State, Masses, Mankind, Planet Earth, or whatever. This state, those masses, that mankind, and the planet will then be run by ... politicians.
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In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy and childbirth against their will is to deprive them of the right to make basic decisions about their lives and well-being, and to give that power to the state.
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Greece's debt is going to be a function of a lot of factors down the road.
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I don't know what to do if I am not inspiring some sort of false fascination.
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Obviously, wrestling is a lot of fun, and I love it. But on the mic is where I have the most fun.
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I'm endlessly putting myself on tapes for things over in America! I'm always sitting at home, learning lines, sending stuff to America.
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I like sunny stories. You know, my favorite girls in the '50s were Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Esther Williams.
