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Mercedes McCambridge Quotes

I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room.

Mercedes McCambridge

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: March 16, 1916 - March 2, 2004

Topics

Funny Flowers Die Enough Long Play

As entertainment, fiction may offer momentary relief from the stresses of reality.

Reality Entertainment Fiction May

If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence.

Say Human Invention Greatest Would

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days.

Good Great Think Good Old Days Look

'Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching it.

People Strike Personal Watching Note

I think public intellectuals have a responsibility - to be self-critical on the one hand, to do serious, nuanced work rigorously executed; but to also be able to get off those perches and out of those ivory towers and speak to the real people who make decisions; to speak truth to power and the powerless with lucidity and eloquence.

Michael Eric Dyson

Work Truth Power Responsibility Hand

A lot of fans that recognize me go, 'I kind of hate you,' and I'm all, 'Cool, well, you've just made this sufficiently awkward.'

Hate Me Cool You Go Kind

Rod Strickland has been influential. He gives me a lot of advice, good and bad games; he is someone I really look up to a lot.

Good Me Advice Someone Look Bad

The only difference between me and my critics is that I don't lie to the world about who I am. People are complicated and often seemingly hypocritical. Embrace the diversity of your mind.

Lie Diversity I Am People Mind Me

I think the power of Stieg Larsson's stories is that he has the guts to show the hidden spots in the side of Sweden. That gave us a push to say that for the first time. That they can't have with the American version.

Michael Nyqvist

Power Time Think American Push Say

Soap operas are such a great way to break-in to the industry. The diminishing landscape of daytime TV means it's going to be harder for young talent to get discovered.

Great Talent Landscape Young Way

I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. I've been challenged by so many people, and I don't frankly have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn't have time either.

Time People Think Political Problem

As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want.

Picture You Go Want Director Clear

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