Geraldine Page Quotes

I always wanted to be good at something, to be somebody. The minute I got into my first play, which was called 'Excuse My Dust' - I was 17 at the time - I knew that this was what I'd been looking for.

Geraldine Page

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 22, 1924 - June 13, 1987

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GoodTimeLookingPlayFirstDust

In the old days, when you took out a mortgage, it was probably through a local bank or a credit union, and whoever gave you your loan held on to it for life. If you lost your job or got too sick to work and suddenly had trouble making your payments, you could call a human being and work things out.

Matt Taibbi

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The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that.

Matt Cameron

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Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.

Steve Lacy

WorkYouBeforeInvent

We have nothing but gratitude for the opportunity we have had here, and any other response would be ridiculous, irresponsible and a lie. It is that simple. I owe China; China doesn't owe me.

Steve Wynn

OpportunityGratitudeSimpleLieMe

As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.

Tom Cochrane

AloneJobPeopleWorldFeelYou

Money is like manure: if you don't spread it around, nothing grows.

Tom Douglas

MoneyYouNothingSpreadGrowsLike

It is very difficult to know what may be in the back of the mind of public figures.

Robert Bourassa

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Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics - except the entire universe itself, which is Pure Accident, pure divinity.

Joyce Carol Oates

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The Jewish calendar, which is lunar, is a calendar of witness. The Sanhedrin, Jewry's Congress, met in Jerusalem toward the end of every month to wait for the new moon.

Joshua Cohen

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I love to harmonize.

Dick Van Dyke

LoveI LoveHarmonize

The scalpel won't make you happy.

Demi Moore

HappyYouMakeScalpel

My father used to tape 'Top of the Pops' for me every Sunday, and I would sit in my bedroom, write down the lyrics of all of my favourite songs, and sing along. I was always singing in my bedroom with a hairbrush.

Bonnie Tyler

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