Elizabeth Ashley Quotes
People pay all that money to sit in a chair in the theater mainly because it is a respectable way to see and experience things they cannot see and experience in their own lives.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end.
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I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
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Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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Sometimes when I am photographing a major news event, I am suddenly overwhelmed by helplessness.
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Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the artists to allow them to do their job.
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I am committed to doing customer service for Craigslist for the rest of my life. The exit strategy is death.
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I think to do a proper independent movie, in my experience, it takes 22 or 23 days to shoot. That was 'Party Girl' or 'House of Yes.' But now with the digital camera, the budgets have gotten smaller, and the days have gotten shorter.
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I have one talent, and that's figuring out what people want about two minutes before they know it themselves.
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People pay all that money to sit in a chair in the theater mainly because it is a respectable way to see and experience things they cannot see and experience in their own lives.
