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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."
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"I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones."

"I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I don't understand Hollywood."

"What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that."

"I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me."

"My husband says I can do anything I put my mind to, but the truth i, the only thing I want to do is act."

"Crimes of Passion, which is one of the best films I've done, will live strongly in my resume, even though it didn't do well."

"It never occurred to me that I couldn't change things that needed changing or couldn't have what I wanted if I worked hard enough and was good enough."

"As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished."

"A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that."
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