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Mary Pickford Quotes

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: canadian
Birth: April 8, 1892 - May 29, 1979

Topics

Technology Lipstick Movies Sound

When I was young I used to smother myself with olive oil mixed with a dash of vinegar to keep the flies away and lay in the sunshine for hours on end. But we knew no better then. Now we know how stupid that was.

Stephanie Beacham

Myself Sunshine Stupid End Better

A five minute call replaces the time it takes to read and reply to the original email and read and reply to their reply... or replies. And I no longer spend 20+ minutes crafting the perfect email - no need to.

Time Perfect Need Email Reply Call

I grew up in a very 'Friday Night Lights,' sports-focused town. I did not play the sports. I was never bullied physically, but I was called names. I was also an overweight kid. I knew what it's like to feel like the other, to feel written off for things that were not in my control - my appearance, my interests.

Robin Lord Taylor

Sports Control Night Friday Feel

Years ago on my radio show, I used to say, 'I'm a conservative, but I'm not in a bad mood about it.' I've always believed that civility in heavy doses is essential in self-government.

Bad Civility Say Mood Conservative

I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.

World Go Want Cup World Cup Masters

It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Better Know Nothing Useless Things

I feel like for me to write songs that I would be interested in as a listener, there has to be tension, and there has to be some kind of push and pull between reality and the potential of disaster.

Me Potential Reality Feel Push Kind

The way it works in our family is, it's the family business. Much like in the Mafia. Every child is given the opportunity to act at a young age and to learn what it's like to be in the business.

Family Business Age Opportunity Way

You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.

Jonathan Carroll

Love Walk Beginning Laugh You Sure

I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.

Life Father My Life Hand Land Him

I'm just happy to be doing what I always wanted to do. Sometimes you have to remind yourself how privileged you are.

Yourself Happy Doing You Sometimes

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John.

Boris Pasternak

Life Great Art Death Genuine Always

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