Marilyn Monroe Quotes
There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.
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Law school and summer camp are the two experiences that inform pretty much all I do.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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I love to fly so much.
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David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.
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Everything I publish is for my readers.
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It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
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I promised myself a long time ago that I would lead an interesting life.
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Switching from one career to another can be scary, but it also can be a thrilling experience. Look at it as an opportunity to really go after what you want to accomplish in life and make a difference in the world. The key is to take small, conscious steps and prepare yourself for a successful transition.
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I think we must get rid of slavery, or we must get rid of freedom.
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In the long run, much public opinion is made in the universities; ideas generated there filter down through the teaching profession and the students into the general public.
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If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her.
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I don't like concrete jungles.
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No progress, either moral or material, can be made in a world which is frozen, like ours, into a rigid mold of suppression of liberties.
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I love to follow truth; nay, I have made it my duty to persuade others to act on truth and abjure falsehood for the sake of their own good. So, the eradication of iniquities is the object of my life.
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There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.
