Beth Henley Quotes

Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing colloquium, where people pay to listen to and watch the directors direct.

Beth Henley

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I was good at math and science, and it was expected that I would attend the University of Washington in Seattle and become an engineer. But by the time I was seventeen, I was ready to leave home, a decision my parents agreed to support if I could obtain a scholarship. MIT did not grant me one, but the University of Chicago did.

Robert Lucas, Jr.

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I love Twitter. My favorite thing to do these days is to tweet things that seem very questionable as to whether I'm joking or not.

Max Greenfield

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Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it.

Maurice Gibb

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I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers.

Michael Caine

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I tell people all the time, men don't talk to me. Even before I was a household name or whatever, when I went to clubs, people were scared to come to me because of the way I looked.

Stefflon Don

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A lot of the O'Hare Modernization Plan may have been a mistake.

Mike Quigley

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I don't know if anybody can second-guess what they will do on Capitol Hill.

Montel Williams

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If you're at an antiques fair, and have been unable to beat the dealer down earlier in the day, pay a return visit at the end. They may be more inclined to accept your offer, rather than having to pack the piece up and take it home.

Judith Miller

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My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.

Cole Porter

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It's not for me to determine what a country artist has in common with a hip-hop artist. You go for those with long-lasting careers. And that's what I've had as my target all my life.

Clive Davis

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I think Valentine's Day is one of those holidays like New Year's where people develop such high expectations that even if it's a decent day, it doesn't live up, and it's disappointing.

Brett Young

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We should be proud of our country when we have done something to be proud of, when we have lived up to our own standards. But the flip side of genuine pride is being able to recognize when we have fallen short, and to hold ourselves to account.

Anne-Marie Slaughter

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