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Oliver Stone: When you look...

Oliver Stone: When you look...

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

Source: Oliver...

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Joan Baez: Instead of getting...

Joan Baez: Instead of getting...

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- bring...

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Mahalia Jackson: Someday the sun...

Mahalia Jackson: Someday the sun...

Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place.

Source: In...

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Sonny Rollins: How ironic that...

Sonny Rollins: How ironic that...

How ironic that the Negro, who more than any other people can claim America's culture as his own, is being persecuted...

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Sonny Rollins: I simply want...

Sonny Rollins: I simply want...

I simply want to reach a level where I will never cease to make progress. . . . So that, even the bad evenings, I may...

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Miles Davis: I'm always thinking...

Miles Davis: I'm always thinking...

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning . . . Every day I find something...

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Miles Davis: I'll play it...

Miles Davis: I'll play it...

I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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John Coltrane: There are so...

John Coltrane: There are so...

There are so many things to be considered in making music. The whole question of life itself . . . I know that I want...

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Hedda Hopper: Nobody's interested in...

Hedda Hopper: Nobody's interested in...

Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Sir, I have...

Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Sir, I have...

Sir, I have tested your machine. It adds new terror to life and makes death a long-felt...

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John Cleese: If I can...

John Cleese: If I can...

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade...

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Helen Hayes: Everybody starts at...

Helen Hayes: Everybody starts at...

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still...

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Katharine Hepburn: If you survive...

Katharine Hepburn: If you survive...

If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building.

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Sophia Loren: It's a mistake...

Sophia Loren: It's a mistake...

It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything...

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Mary Pickford: One of the...

Mary Pickford: One of the...

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most...

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Ava Gardner: I couldn't imagine...

Ava Gardner: I couldn't imagine...

I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.

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Jean Harlow: One day when...

Jean Harlow: One day when...

One day when he was eating a cookie he offered me a bite. Don't underestimate that. The poor guy's so frightened of...

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Thelma Ritter: Nobody ever invented...

Thelma Ritter: Nobody ever invented...

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Source: Ritter Kelly when...

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Thelma Ritter: Do you know...

Thelma Ritter: Do you know...

Do you know what I like about your program? Even when I'm running the vacuum, I can understand...

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Kirstie Alley: I've learned that...

Kirstie Alley: I've learned that...

I've learned that you'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be...

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