Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I wasn't pampered the way a Tyrone Power was.
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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.
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Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.
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I come from a background of hiding everything behind a computer.
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The day you stop enjoying something is the day you should quit, if you can afford to.
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I think the very idea of character, of developing not just grit, but empathy and curiosity, emotional intelligence - you know, the things that I want my own daughters to develop - the idea that we're going to get there through rewards and punishments seems completely at odds with the idea of character itself.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things--to help, or at least to do no harm.
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Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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One of the things I like best about men is they're a little vulnerable.
