Marian Seldes Quotes
There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.
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I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.
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We have millions of users around the globe who do amazing things with our technology every day.
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What I tend to get from America is very enthusiastic letters and e-mail from librarians and schoolteachers, the gatekeepers, though I hesitate to use that word. I've never been a huge seller.
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I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells.
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Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.
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I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
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I have to admit, I'm not patriotic. It has partly to do with principle, but it is also a phobia/neurosis.
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My mom says I either have to go to college or go into the military.
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I'm retired from the daredevil business.
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This country is conducive to making money. Once you learn this lesson and make your first deal, you will really appreciate the tools available to you in the United States, the tools that will help you 'boot-strap' yourself into a large income.
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Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.
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I always try to be very human in my performances and hang out with my fans. It is cool to be a celebrity, but at the end of the day I want to empower my audience and say, 'Hey, I am just like you.'
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I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer.
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Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you.
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The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It's by giving those people a service that's better than what they're receiving from the pirates.
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Our life is half natural and half technological. Half-and-half is good. You cannot deny that high-tech is progress. We need it for jobs. Yet if you make only high-tech, you make war. So we must have a strong human element to keep modesty and natural life.
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If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.
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Stress and looks are directly connected as far as I am concerned. If you are happy, you look good.
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You ride in a limousine the first time, it’s a big thrill but after that it’s just a stupid car.
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The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles.
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I get on so well with lots of Scots, and a man who had a big influence on my career and was a great mate, Johnny Paton, was Scottish. But I became a hate figure in Scotland because of my views on football. That always made me chuckle, and it still does.
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Only the Catholic Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom. I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly.
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My first paying job in Los Angeles was taking tickets at the Bing under Ron Haver.
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There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.
