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Gloria Swanson Quotes

From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: March 17, 1899 - April 4, 1983

Topics

Moment Picture Sound First Shooting

The more films and TV shows I spoil for myself, the more I am convinced that truly interesting stories can't be ruined - the plot thickens with the viewing like a rich sauce.

Myself I Am Rich Interesting More

Nobody else in the world can do what we can do. And nobody else is willing to do it for altruistic reasons. I mean, we don't go into places like Iraq to grab their oil or colonize their country. We go there to deliver, as George W. Bush said, the blessings of liberty.

World Blessings Country Liberty Said

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

Thinking Encouragement Doing Powerful

When you see someone putting themselves out there, particularly when you see someone is failing and failing so passionately, it brings up this bittersweet connection to our mortality.

Someone You Connection See Out Up

I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable.

Robert Downey, Jr.

Life Think Year Life Changes Changes

It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies.

Roland Emmerich

American Movies Hollywood Watching

But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art.

Age Art People Me Writing Reading

I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.

Good Art Ego Think You Kind

I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.

Fear Christmas Dogs Morbid Postman

As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the brain, which in turn shapes our relationships.

Friend Relationship Child Brain Turn

I'm very lucky that my husband is a true partner in child-rearing. If I get home late, he gets home early or vice-versa. I travel more, and he's able to spell me when I'm gone.

Home Travel Me Husband Partner Late

Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

Words Liberation Oneself Freeing

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