Olympia Dukakis Quotes
I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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I live alone, so I don't really talk to anyone once I'm home. I have some silent nights.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.
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We believe in the vision of 'Make in India,' and our proposed joint venture with Rafael is a step in this direction.
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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I'm not gonna name names, but sometimes when reporters are talking, it gets a little boring because I don't have any jokes to tell because the questions are so serious.
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I hate camping, but I love summer camp.
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I'm not a pin-up, thankfully. I'm not suggesting I feel unconfident. I am beautiful to my husband. I am beautiful to my friends. I feel sexy and all those things with the people I love.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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If you have ever driven around London and seen the amount of one way systems... they basically rubbed out all car chase crime. In fact, if you get bank robberies in the U.K., they're using scooters.
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A lot of the former Idols were voting for me, and that makes me feel really good.
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Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.
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I've always avoided publicity. I've never been good copy at any stage of my life. I don't strive for it, because I don't think it's important whether I'm good copy or not. The two can go together, if that's your personality, but every person on this earth is unique.
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I want to do stuff that excites me and is enjoyable.
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How can tyrants safely govern home, Unless abroad they purchase great alliance.
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If we really wish to put an end to our ongoing international and social problems we must eventually declare Earth and all of its resources as the common heritage of all the world's people.
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I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.
