Elaine Stritch Quotes
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There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
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But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.
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For someone with a background of economic justice, what scared me about climate change is not just that the sea level will rise and we'll have more storms - it's how this intersects with that cocktail of inequality and racism.
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I had spent my childhood making up adventures in my head. Then I realized when I went to acting school that there were adventures written down, and you could learn lines, and you could do the adventures for real, not just in your head.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
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What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case.
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I definitely want to be an inspiration or a role model for all the little girls out there or anyone out there that wants to break stereotypes. I feel like I'm breaking stereotypes with what I'm doing. I'm not the typical fighter, and there's a lot of people out there that won't do something just because they don't fit the stereotype.
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You try to live the experience but keep your feet on the ground, not let it go to your head, because that's when you start making mistakes.
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To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.
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We are working with the power industry all over the world. We are meeting customers in aerospace and getting them to tour our plants.
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I always like to look at things and think, 'Would I be proud to bring my grandma and grandpa to come see me in this?' And if I wouldn't want them to see it, then it's not something that I should immortalize myself on film in.
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The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
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My whole career is just terror, from beginning to end. That's kind of my thing. A lot of happy accidents happened.
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I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.
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Clarice: To most people, it's obvious that the Whitewater allegations and the sexual harassment suit are politically motivated. And everyone else is too jaded to care if Bill fucks his cat.Raffi: Fucks!Toni: Do you want the honor of recording that under 'Baby's first word,' or shall I?
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A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train.
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I was a straight-A student, baby!
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We should stop the immigration to our societies - because we have had more than enough Islam in our societies.
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I'm a hotel baby, absolutely: it's hard to think of a hotel I haven't stayed in.
