Elaine Stritch Quotes
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I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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If you've got a plot the size of a car or a tiny yard in Italy, you're going to be growing tomatoes and basil and celery and carrots, and everybody is still connected to the land.
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We don't go against the will of the people.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.
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Let's create a legal system that can work.
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I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.
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At some point, you've got to realize, you're either a leading man or you're not.
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I'm proud of my decade-long fight to have all ophthalmologists re-certify, regardless of age.
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Normally my problem is that I'm too inquisitive and want to do everything.
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I'm great at working with people and collaborating. And if my biggest gift of all is that I'm really good at pulling things from people and helping them become better at what they're doing, I'm here, as I believe all of us are, to be of service.
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I am a simple man who comes from a village, and villagers like us speak our mind. Now, in the process, if unknowingly my words came across as disrespectful or insulting, then I am deeply sorry. I don't want to hurt anyone.
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I like writing about what to me are like questions that I have about myself and the human condition. I find quantum physics fascinating, so I like to write about that, and I like things that make me laugh.
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What I think is the most important thing to learn about any instrument is the basics of music. Learn your ABCs before you write a Hemingway novel.
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All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.