Michael Korda Quotes

Even almost a century after her death, Sarah Bernhardt, the French actress whose extraordinary personality, flamboyant life and passionate nature became a legend in her own lifetime, remains the byword among most people as the supreme theatrical star.

Michael Korda

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There are some countries where there is not an issue with women in physics. Malaysia, for example, has physics departments where 60 per cent of undergraduates are female, and France and Italy are strong, too. It is not about ability but more about what the culture says is appropriate.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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When I was 12, I snapped my arm in two. My wrist still has a funny bump because they didn't join it back together so great.

Jessica De Gouw

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I don't want to become a brand and I certainly don't want to have a persona.

Amanda Seyfried

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I tell young singers not to listen to themselves. What I hear is not what you hear.

Sondra Radvanovsky

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When I first became brave enough to tell people that I wrote poems, so many people would rave to me about Edna St. Vincent Millay's work. I was embarrassed not to have read her, and I think that put me off from reading her for a long time. So many of her poems are just impeccable.

Tracy K. Smith

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During the course of any normal day, I usually pay more attention to assembling a grocery list than I do to reading movie reviews, although there are a more than a few film critics who bring huge insight to their work.

Mike Barnicle

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I spent my girlhood as a Clydesdale among thoroughbreds.

Molly Ivins

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Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

Louis D. Brandeis

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I'm not too secure about my looks. They can always change. I was heavy and overweight as a teenager, so it's hard to be cocky or egotistical.

Lorenzo Lamas

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I want to leave Cal with a winning legacy.

Jared Goff

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I'd like to be a jazz singer, but I couldn't possibly do it; nobody would want me, anyway.

Deborah Moggach

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I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

Christopher Dodd

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