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Quotes by Actress

"I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older."
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Meryl Streep
"I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older."
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"Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone-but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding."
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Bette Davis
"Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone-but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding."
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"I feel that I'm at my best as a person and that I'm coming home when I walk on to a set, or on to a stage, so if I can perform in one way or another I think I'll be okay."
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Claudia Black
"I feel that I'm at my best as a person and that I'm coming home when I walk on to a set, or on to a stage, so if I can perform in one way or another I think I'll be okay."
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"I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless."
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Catherine Deneuve
"I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless."
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"Don't run I never liked fast food."
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Rachel Caine
"Don't run I never liked fast food."
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"Yeah. She'd manipulated the second most powerful vampire in town into taking her side against a psycho bitch-queen sorority girl. She'd talked rationally about putting people's brains into computers. This was a normal day. No wonder she was screwed up."
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Rachel Caine
"Yeah. She'd manipulated the second most powerful vampire in town into taking her side against a psycho bitch-queen sorority girl. She'd talked rationally about putting people's brains into computers. This was a normal day. No wonder she was screwed up."
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"You have a wonderful child. Then, when he's 13, gremlins carry him away and leave in his place a stranger who gives you not a moment's peace."
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Jill Eikenberry
"You have a wonderful child. Then, when he's 13, gremlins carry him away and leave in his place a stranger who gives you not a moment's peace."
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"I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my business, my career and the roller coaster ride... how the people I associated with worked together."
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Diahann Carroll
"I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my business, my career and the roller coaster ride... how the people I associated with worked together."
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"It's hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy."
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Rebecca Solnit
"It's hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy."
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"They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them."
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Joyce Grenfell
"They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them."
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"Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection."
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Rebecca Solnit
"Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection."
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"This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it."
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Catherine Deneuve
"This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it."
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"The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly."
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Imogene Coca
"The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly."
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"I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script."
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Angela Bassett
"I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script."
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"Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be nurtured and loved. But at the same time, they need to feel like men."
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Krista Allen
"Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be nurtured and loved. But at the same time, they need to feel like men."
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"That's brain tissue. How can you-?" Claire shut her mouth, fast. "Never mind. I don't think I wanna know.""Truly, I think that's best. Please take it." He showed his teeth briefly in a very unsettling grin. "I'm giving you a piece of my mind.""I so wish you hadn't said that."
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Rachel Caine
"That's brain tissue. How can you-?" Claire shut her mouth, fast. "Never mind. I don't think I wanna know.""Truly, I think that's best. Please take it." He showed his teeth briefly in a very unsettling grin. "I'm giving you a piece of my mind.""I so wish you hadn't said that."
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"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy."
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Kathy Bates
"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy."
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"I love working with new directors. There's so much drive and effort. It still comes down to the character for me, but if it's a character I really want to play, I would never not do the project because of a new director."
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Pauley Perrette
"I love working with new directors. There's so much drive and effort. It still comes down to the character for me, but if it's a character I really want to play, I would never not do the project because of a new director."
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"Postmodernism refuses to privilege any one perspective, and recognizes only difference, never inequality, only fragments, never conflict."
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Elizabeth Wilson
"Postmodernism refuses to privilege any one perspective, and recognizes only difference, never inequality, only fragments, never conflict."
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"Keep making a difference out there! Don't let the noise around you distract you from listening to the voice within you."
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Farshad Asl
"Keep making a difference out there! Don't let the noise around you distract you from listening to the voice within you."
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"There can be no one best way of organizing a business."
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Joanne Woodward
"There can be no one best way of organizing a business."
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"You could put all the talent I had into your left eye and still not suffer from impaired vision."
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Veronica Lake
"You could put all the talent I had into your left eye and still not suffer from impaired vision."
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"I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine."
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Rachel Caine
"I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine."
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"Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career."
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Jada Pinkett Smith
"Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career."
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"My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and I'd save it for like five months. And then I'd spend it on Christmas presents. I'd save up like eight pounds. It's nothing, but we did that."
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Gemma Arterton
"My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and I'd save it for like five months. And then I'd spend it on Christmas presents. I'd save up like eight pounds. It's nothing, but we did that."
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"That's kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so okay."
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Rachel Caine
"That's kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so okay."
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"Losing one pint of blood's an accident. Losing two is carelessness."
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Rachel Caine
"Losing one pint of blood's an accident. Losing two is carelessness."
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"Well, I can throw a mean comeback, so there's that. I will crush them on wit."
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Rachel Caine
"Well, I can throw a mean comeback, so there's that. I will crush them on wit."
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"No bacon for you.""Then no eggs for you. Either of you."Eve glowered at him. "Prisoner exchange?"They glared at each other, then swapped pans and started scooping."
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Rachel Caine
"No bacon for you.""Then no eggs for you. Either of you."Eve glowered at him. "Prisoner exchange?"They glared at each other, then swapped pans and started scooping."
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"You're dead," I repeated. "So why are you in my dream?"He raised the bill of his olive drab ball cap with one finger. " Good question. Morbid, isn't it?""What?""Dreaming about dead peolpe. Creepy. You ever see a therapist about that?""I'm not -" Even in dreams, I couldn't win an argument. Even when he was dead."
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Rachel Caine
"You're dead," I repeated. "So why are you in my dream?"He raised the bill of his olive drab ball cap with one finger. " Good question. Morbid, isn't it?""What?""Dreaming about dead peolpe. Creepy. You ever see a therapist about that?""I'm not -" Even in dreams, I couldn't win an argument. Even when he was dead."
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"Oliver laughed - actually laughed."I like this new Claire," he said. "You should work her this hard all the time, Myrnin. She's interesting when she's forthright."Claire, possessed by the spirit of Eve, shot him the finger. Which made him laugh again, shake his head, and walk up the steps."
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Rachel Caine
"Oliver laughed - actually laughed."I like this new Claire," he said. "You should work her this hard all the time, Myrnin. She's interesting when she's forthright."Claire, possessed by the spirit of Eve, shot him the finger. Which made him laugh again, shake his head, and walk up the steps."
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"I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made."
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Marilyn Monroe
"I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made."
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"What time is it?""Three a.m. Michael's making a snack. You want anything?""Um...no. Thanks." She slid off the couch and then stood there like an idiot, unwilling to leave because he was still smiling and...she liked it. "Who won?""Which game?""Oh. I guess I was asleep for a while.""Don't worry. We didn't let the zombies get you." This time, his smile was positively wicked. Claire felt it like a hot blanket all over her skin."
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Rachel Caine
"What time is it?""Three a.m. Michael's making a snack. You want anything?""Um...no. Thanks." She slid off the couch and then stood there like an idiot, unwilling to leave because he was still smiling and...she liked it. "Who won?""Which game?""Oh. I guess I was asleep for a while.""Don't worry. We didn't let the zombies get you." This time, his smile was positively wicked. Claire felt it like a hot blanket all over her skin."
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"Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.'It was the perfect motto for Morganville."
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Rachel Caine
"Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.'It was the perfect motto for Morganville."
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"Well, Naomi said cheerfully, "what's the worst that can happen? They were silent, considering that, because there were just so many possibilities. But in the end, it was a better idea than Facebook."
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Rachel Caine
"Well, Naomi said cheerfully, "what's the worst that can happen? They were silent, considering that, because there were just so many possibilities. But in the end, it was a better idea than Facebook."
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"In this whole screwed-up town, you're the only thing that's always been right to me," he whispered. "I love you, Claire." She saw something that might have been just a flash of panic go across his expression, but then he steadied again. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I do. I love you."
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Rachel Caine
"In this whole screwed-up town, you're the only thing that's always been right to me," he whispered. "I love you, Claire." She saw something that might have been just a flash of panic go across his expression, but then he steadied again. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I do. I love you."
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"Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself."
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Lita Grey Chaplin
"Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself."
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"I never thought of myself in comedy at all... I loved going to the theatre and seeing people wearing beautiful clothes come down the staircase and start to dance."
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Imogene Coca
"I never thought of myself in comedy at all... I loved going to the theatre and seeing people wearing beautiful clothes come down the staircase and start to dance."
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"Fear is stupid. So are regrets."
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Marilyn Monroe
"Fear is stupid. So are regrets."
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"I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that."
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Veronica Lake
"I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that."
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"I actually write film music because I'm classically trained on the piano so as well as songwriting I also write actual film music that could be used for movies like war movies and love movies."
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Vanessa Brown
"I actually write film music because I'm classically trained on the piano so as well as songwriting I also write actual film music that could be used for movies like war movies and love movies."
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"I enjoy my time alone."
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Stephanie Zimbalist
"I enjoy my time alone."
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"I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more."
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Capucine
"I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more."
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"I like someone who embraces life; who wants to be on a long journey but has no particular plan or destination in mind. An adventurous man, open to the concept of living life in the moment."
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Jill Hennessy
"I like someone who embraces life; who wants to be on a long journey but has no particular plan or destination in mind. An adventurous man, open to the concept of living life in the moment."
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"I'd just recorded it in Mariah Carey's studio. THey thought the song was perfect for Nina, because she's so shy, so it was nice to have that connection with Nina in the song. It was special."
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Delta Goodrem
"I'd just recorded it in Mariah Carey's studio. THey thought the song was perfect for Nina, because she's so shy, so it was nice to have that connection with Nina in the song. It was special."
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"Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me."
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Marilyn Monroe
"Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me."
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"I like people who are still actively creating in their life, who aren't set, I don't feel like I'm set. And I don't have any baggage, for better or worse. I don't have any plants or pets or kids. I can lock the door and go. I need to be with somebody for whom that's okay."
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Dana Delany
"I like people who are still actively creating in their life, who aren't set, I don't feel like I'm set. And I don't have any baggage, for better or worse. I don't have any plants or pets or kids. I can lock the door and go. I need to be with somebody for whom that's okay."
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"Maybe at this stage in my career, it's from that younger generation that I have most to learn."
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Diana Rigg
"Maybe at this stage in my career, it's from that younger generation that I have most to learn."
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"They came out in a dim, damp basement - a generic sort of place, full of moulding boxes. 'You take me to the nicest places,' Claire said, and sneezed."
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Rachel Caine
"They came out in a dim, damp basement - a generic sort of place, full of moulding boxes. 'You take me to the nicest places,' Claire said, and sneezed."
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"People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater."
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Minnie Maddern Fiske
"People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater."
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