Marian Seldes Quotes
I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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I have to make little movies. I have to sit and film.
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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I do not want to be a long-term CEO.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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I came up not understanding that a lot of people didn't start to hear music until they went to college or were turned on by an older brother or sister.
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We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
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The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in the inferno of a 'socialist paradise.'
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You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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I got to be good friends with Scott Hamilton.
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Box office figures are not something that can decide the success of a film on its own, but they are one of the many yardsticks that help me measure how well a film has been received.
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I've done a lot of pictures that are ensemble, and I've not always liked the people I was working with, but that doesn't make any difference because you do the job, and often it turns out to be a great ensemble even if you didn't particularly really like anybody.
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My office is definitely an extension of my personality. I spend more time here than anywhere else, so it's important that it reflects my style and that it's an inspiring place to think - although it's admittedly impossible to keep clean with a gazillion beauty products coming in and out all the time.
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'The First Time' is a song that I wrote by myself on my front porch, in real-time, as that situation was happening to me.
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I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.
