Frances Conroy Quotes

I think the rigors of a TV schedule are brutal and 'Six Feet Under' wasn't a network schedule. We did 13 shows, we didn't do 22. I don't know how people do that. I really don't. I mean the shows are shorter, but wow, it's quite a discipline.

Frances Conroy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 13, 1953

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DisciplinePeopleFeetThinkKnow

I lead a very conventional life. I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people. This was more true when I was living in California, when I didn't lead a writer's life at all.

Joan Didion

LifePeopleThinkLivingTrueMore

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of wine.

Andrea Dworkin

WineDifficultBuyBottleSeduction

I would say if we can select children who are not going to be severely disadvantaged, then we should do so, but I think it has to be done by voluntary choice.

John Sulston

ChildrenThinkChoiceDoneSayWho

It takes only a few seconds to make history new again.

Amity Shlaes

HistoryNewOnlyMakeAgainTakes

At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.

Ama Ata Aidoo

AgeTeacherMeCareerWhyKnowing

Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.

Stella McCartney

SimpleMake A DifferenceSimple Things

I'm grateful to all the non-risk-takers.

Sturgill Simpson

Grateful

I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers' chops.

Robin Williams

GreatMenYoungKnewMatt Damon

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

AngerWillAbilityPersuadeAdvance

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Michel de Montaigne

LifeValueYouFindSatisfaction

When I sing, I try to make the song my own and sing it my way because, in my mind, I am not following any school of thought. I just make myself free.

Mohit Chauhan

MyselfSchoolI AmMindSongFree

I think the first concert I attended was Coldplay with my dad when I was around eight years old.

Daya

ThinkOldFirstYearsConcertEight

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