Elaine Stritch Quotes
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I never gave it that much thought to pursue acting or anything, but I would definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure - I would make a great evil Bond girl!
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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I don't think young men or women should feel pressured into marriage. You shouldn't marry anyone, in my opinion, who you have to try hard for.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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When we're back home, I feel pretty domesticated.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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'Twilight' fans are different. They're very civil with one another. It's a respect because they're all in this together and they all appreciate the same things.
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The men and women who occupied the east coast of North America between 1607 and 1800 have been more closely scrutinized than any other collection of people in American history.
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The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.
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If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.
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I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!
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For research, I like to go to the location of the places in the novels. The first thing that I do is involve my senses: I notice the smells; I open the trash cans and look at what people have thrown away.
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Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you get to see the fruits of your actions in a daily way.
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There are just so many funny kids and teenagers. They're just not aware of how funny they are.
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Once you begin to fall off the track and believe you breathe different air to everyone else, you're doomed; you're finished.
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I'm funny when I want to be. And I'm even funny when I don't want to be.
