"Nobody else is going to do the things which are yours to be done in the world."
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"Nothing was ever accomplished by anyone who said 'It can't be done.'"
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"I've never had an acting lesson. I've never been given techniques. Everything I've done is invented. I just sort of found out [how to do it]."
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"I had done a sitcom and a movie and hosted the Emmys, and all of a sudden, I lost everything. As someone put it at the time, I was suddenly like a Ferrari in neutral."
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"She died--this was the way she died; And when her breath was done, Took up her simple wardrobe And started for the sun. Her little figure at the gate The angels must have spied, Since I could never find her Upon the mortal side."
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"I feel guilty sometimes. It may be that innate English nature - the need to think that you must've done something wrong if you're a success. It's sometimes better if you can say: 'Okay, I'm a failure; now will you be my friend?'."
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"When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right to do it, avoid doing the thing; but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?"
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"The Russians have succeeded in one thing: they have sold the world the idea that they represent socialism and the ideas of Marx,and we have done the greatest service to their propaganda by agreeing that that's what it is."
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"We need to do stuff we've always done, even though you might not like it."
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"The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before, and not too damned much after."
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"What is so striking about Liberia is that in a place where there is so much to be done, I have never seen so many people with nothing to do."
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"Why is it, when I have nothing to do, I drink more coffee? It's as if I'm in a big hurry to get nothing done."
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"There are a lot of women who feel that they have done all the work in their relationship only for someone else to step in and take the love and credit for it."
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"Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own."
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"I've never done a show for more than one season, in my entire life."
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"God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done."
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"It's very easy to go through your whole life and never really get anything done or have any real meaningful interactions or relationships. All of a sudden you're dead, and I'm going to say that's got to be a letdown."
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"I just think Josephine Baker life story needs to be done. I think she was an extraordinary woman. To see someone who was basically a showgirl have the kind of lifestyle she had was extraordinary. I really think she made her own lifestyle."
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"[Vincent Price] had a fish recipe where he wrapped [the fish] in aluminum foil and put in these herbs. And then you put it in the dishwasher and then you wash your dishes, and when you're done, your fish is steamed and it's perfect. But he was very sophisticated as far as art and food and all of that went."
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"If youre a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants that do not have carbon capture and sequestration."
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