Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.
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It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.
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I didn't think then, and I still don't, that I was actually sick.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.
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I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Communities don't think, don't believe, don't want, don't have needs, don't have interests and don't make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs - and only individuals can make choices and decisions.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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You see Mexican cinema in festivals throughout the world, and you see Mexican directors getting recognized at Cannes, at the Oscars, in Berlin, but the question is, What is the end result of that in terms of the market? That's where it's lacking.
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Distant or near, in joy or in sorrow, each in the other sees his true helper to brotherly freedom.
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In Hawaii, if you're invited to dinner, it's assumed that the children are invited as well. On the islands, no one treats children like they're not part of the conversation. People talk to children as people and include them in adventures and conversations.
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I want to go to college and go back to Georgetown. It's a really cool place.
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I want the world to see my body.
