Elaine Stritch Quotes
For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
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My dream date is a tall, dark, handsome, blue eyed man with a bubble butt who will whisk me away to Paris in a hot air balloon to wine me, dine me and.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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The key to good grilling is to recognize that you are setting yourself up to cook in a whole new environment. This is actually one of the main purposes of grilling - to get yourself outside.
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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Music is such a part of my soul.
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I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
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We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.
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Directors never give you anything.
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The Europeans are themselves blind who describe fortune without sight. No first-rate beauty ever had finer eyes, or saw more clearly. They who have no other trade but seeking their fortune need never hope to find her; coquette-like, she flies from her close pursuers, and at last fixes on the plodding mechanic who stays at home and minds his business.
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Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.
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I'm totally pro-porg! I would not eat a porg. They're so cute; you can't eat them. They're friends!
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For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there.
