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"There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions."
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"Be on time! If you have a 15-minute appointment-keep it at fifteen minutes unless there is mutual agreement to continue."
"Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that."
"Do not indulge your weaknesses!"
"Why so eager to jump in and direct someone else's life when you can't stick to your own goals and resolutions?"
"The first person you have to conquer is you. This is because when at last you win over million people, the first person to bring you down could be you. Discipline yourself!"
"Growing nails breaks all conducts (aachar). When one conduct breaks, it breaks all other conducts."
"Furnishing was not a priority in the Citadel. Shelves, stools, tables... There was a rumor among the novices that priests towards the top of the hierarchy had golden furniture, but there was no sign of it here. The room was as severe as anything in the novices' quarters although it had, perhaps, a more opulent severity; it wasn't the forced bareness of poverty, but the starkness of intent."
"Only a changed person can live according to the law."
"Of all the forces in the universe, the hardest to overcome is the force of habit."
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"Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own."
"At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped-and I haven't had a cigarette since."
"I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame."
"I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time."
"Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living."
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