Bernadette Peters Quotes
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I always played to win.
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But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.
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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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If there is the right opportunity for us to have a big oil play in Congo or somewhere else, we will definitely go for it.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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With publicity comes humiliation.
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I don't really believe in the auteur theory.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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When you have Candidate A saying the sky is blue, and Candidate B saying it's a cloudy day, I look outside and I see, well, it's a cloudy day. I should be able to tell my viewers, 'Candidate A is wrong, Candidate B is right,' and not have to say, 'Well, you decide.' Then it would be like I'm an idiot.
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Miguel has this Prince, Marvin Gaye, old-school feel that I love.
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On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
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I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.
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I was excited to play Lil' Kim and I wanted to do the role justice. I worked really hard on that role, whether it was performing the rhymes, studying the dialect, her swagger and her stage performances. I wanted people to see my range and stretch my wings as an actress.
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Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.
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Memory in Greek mythology is the mother of the muses, and it is so for me. Both personal and societal memory move me strongly, and that is one of the sources of my writing.
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She writes that one of the moments that she felt most useful was when her mother had a headache, and she would stroke her head and rub her forehead. And I think Eleanor Roosevelt's entire life was dedicated to two things: (one) making it better for all people, people in trouble and in need, like her family.
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I always appreciated the magnitude of my mother's imagination. She always saw beauty in what was broken, and she'd preserve it.
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You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.
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What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder.
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I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
