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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I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
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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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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity.
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I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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We have to harness the Olympic experience and this inspiration young people have to get into sport.
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All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.
