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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Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
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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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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions.
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People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something.
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Do not put off today's work until tomorrow, lest work accumulate and you achieve nothing.
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Writing, for me, was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obstinacy, not talent, saved my life.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.
