Marian Seldes Quotes
I've never been obsessed by how I looked. In fact, I would rather have looked more ordinary so I could play more parts more truthfully.
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I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.
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As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a dramatic truth, but still an honest portrayal.
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The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.
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I like to eat meals I will remember. Otherwise, what's the point?
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The squandering of oil and gas is associated with one of the greatest tragedies, not in the least resolved, which is suffered by humankind: climate change.
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The age of innocent faith in science and technology may be over.
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Trying to take the credit for Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard, who had been at the club since they were eight. Can you believe it? I can't.
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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.
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Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work.
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The most important thing that I've figured out is that things work out the way they're supposed to. We try to have all this control and fashion things the way we want, but everything happens for a reason, and in the end it works out the way it's supposed to.
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I get to enter into the world the director has created: to live these different lives on top of my own life.
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While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to some extent.
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I hadn't ever felt any particular calling to be a novelist, and I clearly remember telling a friend of mine about six months before I started work on 'Elsewhere' that I would never write a novel.
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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
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Know, dear little one! our FatherWill no gentle deed disdain:Love on the cold earth beginningLives divine in Heaven again,While the angel hearts that beat thereStill all tender thoughts retain.
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Chat with Jerry Cantrell at ESPN.com (November 29, 2011).
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Man brings all things to the test of himself, and this is notably true of lightning.
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'I’ll survive,' Floyd said. 'I’m a private detective. If I don’t get clouted on the head at least once a week, I’m not doing my job properly.'
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When I was quite young, as far back as I remember, I drew, but the gift is nothing without the will to make it worth while. The artist must have the patience of water that eats away the rock drop by drop.
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I can't work with my brother without laughing.
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This is the reason why there are currently about 6,000 startups in Israel. And the nature of the Israeli entrepreneur—who is not afraid and is resourceful, motivated and fast moving—all give us an advantage.
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If you want to understand your parents more, get them to talk about their own childhood; and if you listen with compassion, you will learn where their fears and rigid patterns come from. Those people who 'did all that stuff to you' were just as frightened and scared as you are.
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Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.
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I've never been obsessed by how I looked. In fact, I would rather have looked more ordinary so I could play more parts more truthfully.
