Miriam Hopkins Quotes

You know, my dear, I insured my voice for fifty thousand dollars.

Miriam Hopkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 18, 1902 - October 9, 1972

Topics

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I think there's still an appetite among a certain audience to see intelligent movies that have real emotion in them.

Jeremy Irons

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The house was big enough for my brother and me to have firecracker wars at one end and leave Mom and Dad undisturbed at the other. When firecrackers weren't available, we attacked each other with pennies and marbles and clumps of Crisco, which made brilliant greasy asterisks when you missed and hit the wall.

John Dickerson

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For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.' I could name you tons more. I would go off and experience life instead of working - I was learning to fly jets, went on an African safari, sailed the Caribbean - which wasn't necessarily bad.

John Travolta

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All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.

Stephen Sondheim

LiveBestTheatreWhyMoreBring

We're finally moving out of the realm of solely discussing biology in regards to a drug-based world.

Ryan Bethencourt

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The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

Rollo May

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I love the creativity and the social and political aspects of drag.

RuPaul

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Anyone with a heart, with a family, has experienced loss. No one escapes unscathed. Every story of separation is different, but I think we all understand that basic, wrenching emotion that comes from saying goodbye, not knowing if we'll see that person again - or perhaps knowing that we won't.

Luanne Rice

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George Benson conquered many different genres, from pop ballads to R&B to jazz.

Little Louie Vega

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The DVR thing has rocked my world. Being on the road, I used to not keep up with any shows. Now I got a DVR, so I'm watching everything: 'CSI: Miami,' my favorites 'Criminal Minds' and 'The Mentalist.' I like some of the HBO stuff, 'Entourage' and 'Eastbound & Down.' My wife got me into the 'Grey's Anatomy' deal, so I'm watching that.

Jason Aldean

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Make choices to empower yourself.

Dean Ornish

YourselfChoicesEmpowerMake

I don't know if what kids really want is a hamster. What they want is a dog. So the hamster ends up being a substitute: 'Well, would you accept this?'

Chris Van Allsburg

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