Eleanora Fagan (Billie Holiday) Quotes
Yes, the strong gets more While the weak ones fade Empty pockets don't ever make the grade Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own.
Quotes to Explore
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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I've been an entrepreneur all my life, and my recent focus is on finding entrepreneurial solutions to address global challenges in healthcare and education.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I didn't just have my vinyls to stare at!
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An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God.
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It's better to say goodbye, to move on, to end the lie.
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Scepticism, like wisdom, springs out in full panoply only from the brain of a god, and it is little profit to see an idea in its growth, unless we track its seed to the power which sowed it.
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It is much more easy to have sympathy with suffering than it is to have sympathy with thought.
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A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner.
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Yes, the strong gets more While the weak ones fade Empty pockets don't ever make the grade Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own.
