Eileen Myles Quotes
Lyndon Johnson, I know for a fact, was a great president. And I don't mean by that he was a great man.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.
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It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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I really like looking at what's new in my favourite designers' stores, even if I don't buy anything.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is that wherever we are, that's where the Light wants us to be. It's the best place for us to be now. And as long as we don't try to control the situation, then we won't end up in the place we shouldn't be.
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Winning and making history is something you can't buy. Me? I'm a guy who loves history. When I'm 60 or 70, I don't want to be remembered for the money I make. I want to be in the history books.
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We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
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Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
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When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.
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When I was doing fringe theatre, my ambition was to do repertory. When I got to rep it was to do national theatre; then it was t,o get a couple of parts in television. I never had this great desire to overreach myself. I was too busy enjoying acting. I was just obsessed with it.
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One of the things about being a minority actor is that you don't have that opportunity as some of your counterparts to keep that flow, to constantly be going from one thing to the other, so when you see really great performances out there by some black folks, you know it's coming from somewhere deep, because they just don't work as much.
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I'm marrying my common-law wife, Beth, the Christian way, with a preacher and all that.
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Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.
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Lyndon Johnson, I know for a fact, was a great president. And I don't mean by that he was a great man.
