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"It has been said that on screen I personified the American woman."
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"How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?"

"Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly how can they be so suspicious they are so suspicious how can they be so friendly but they just are."

"I like contemporary American literature and I like biographies and I like jazz and I like baseball and I like writers who write about the human condition and sci-fi is just something that I happened into."

"I think Van Sant is the most important American director we have. He takes the most risks. He's just pure to me."

"Let's deal with reality. The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom."

"Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated."

"I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates."
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"You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed."

"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell."

"I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser."

"If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'"

"Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?"

"Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party."
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