Shelley Duvall
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CORY GARDNER COREY TAYLOR Chris and I care about each other and we're still friends. Tom is the most incredible man in the... KATIE HOLMES MICHAEL FRANTI One of the best moments of any Liars show is hearing the crowd squawk 'We're doomed! We'... ROB SHEFFIELD AARON NEVILLE I think we're a deeper team, a better team, we still have work to do... nothing is guaranteed, b... KARL MALONE ELLEN ULLMAN KATHY ACKER CRAIG GROESCHEL I am not better than you because of my religion, color, culture, education, status, wealth, etc. I a... NAJWA ZEBIAN DANIEL KAHNEMAN CRAIG GROESCHEL We in this entertainment industry try to act like we're so super powerful. we're not being h... TASHA SMITH LAKE BELL STUDS TERKEL The empathy I found reading 'Heidi' and 'Little Women' is empathy we have as human b... JEWELL PARKER RHODES JOE ROGAN MARY TYLER MOORE ALAN LIGHTMAN COREY TAYLOR JEN LANCASTER I'm from a Cuban family, so we're used to talking really loud. You come to a Cuban restauran... KAT DAHLIA JUDITH VIORST People are so busy positioning themselves before the screen and talking on the damn cellphones, comm... LEE SMITH One of the reasons 'Boogie Nights' is one of my favorite movies is because it's about pe... JENNIFER KONNER GUY LALIBERTE We're a weird bunch at 'Mike & Molly.' We go to work, and we're crazy about each... MELISSA MCCARTHY LAURA PREPON We're dumber and less cognitively nimble if we're not around other people - and, now, other ... CLIVE THOMPSON We're changing the way people are going to look at wrestling, women's wrestling, forever. Fo... BECKY LYNCH CYNTHIA WEIL As humans, we all want our own island. Of course, the truth is, we're never going to get it. T. C. BOYLE You can't be hateful because you love yourself. And we're extensions of each other; we'r... CHRISSY METZ CARRIE UNDERWOOD Tyria's a big world. We get a grand tour in 'Ghosts of Ascalon.' We're in Divinity&#... JEFF GRUBB Hopefully with each thing that you do you're learning something, you're growing, and you'... RIAN JOHNSON Children tease each other because you're short or you're tall or you're a redhead or bec... HEATHER WILSON ELON MUSK G. WILLOW WILSON Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON TORI AMOS JOHN ASHCROFT Either you're this, or you're that: either you're - if you're a Pakistani, you'r... MIRA NAIR BORIS JOHNSON My time off is usually spent working out and getting better at football. When I come home and spend ... STEFON DIGGS CHERIE BLAIR The Golden State has lost its luster. We've got to change our tax system and how we fund governm... ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA NAOMI SHIHAB NYE I tell my staff, we're riding a tour bus around, and we're going to stop and look at some we... CHRIS MATTHEWS Every investor around the world wants to invest in U.S. markets because they're regulated and th... 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Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or y... SHELLEY DUVALL We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can. SHELLEY DUVALL Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping other people. But... SHELLEY DUVALL Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I said yes. SHELLEY DUVALL Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love. SHELLEY DUVALL In school the kids thought I was freaky because I made straight A's and daydreamed a lot. SHELLEY DUVALL Making it big in this world is such a rip-off, you gotta keep your head together or it can be totall... SHELLEY DUVALL For a while we lived in a tent we'd pitched inside his parents' house and we slept on pillow... SHELLEY DUVALL I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier. ROBERT DUVALL CAMILLE DUVALL Because of the high altitude, you get drunk really fast. So everyone's drunk all the time. CLEA DUVALL What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta... ROBERT DUVALL I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different side... ROBERT DUVALL I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my jour... ROBERT DUVALL Stripping away artifice - it's the constant standard I aim for in acting, to approximate life. P... ROBERT DUVALL Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad ... ROBERT DUVALL It's a cyclical thing. When they make one, everyone loves them. Different genres come around in ... ROBERT DUVALL Sometimes you don't prepare much. I mean, when I did 'Lonesome Dove' way back I rode hor... ROBERT DUVALL To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part. ROBERT DUVALL I am getting some good offers still. Some nice things are coming my way just as they always have, so... ROBERT DUVALL The money part is one of the most difficult things. Coppola always said I should do a tango movie. I... ROBERT DUVALL I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different pa... ROBERT DUVALL It's no big thing, but you make big things out of little things sometimes. ROBERT DUVALL Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in t... ROBERT DUVALL Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the wor... ROBERT DUVALL As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that ... ROBERT DUVALL We expect video to catch on with small businesses because it's inexpensive and, in many cases, effec... JIMMY DUVALL I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, 'Godfather I' a... ROBERT DUVALL I was a loner in high school. I keep to myself, but I love life. CLEA DUVALL I am dreaming of the day when people don’t believe something just because they are told, when fait... TAYLOR DUVALL We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got t... ROBERT DUVALL Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to sa... ROBERT DUVALL You know, Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote ... ROBERT DUVALL It's cheap and it's ranch country. I like the sight of the mountains. ROBERT DUVALL I made a statement before that there were no good actors up here. I eat my words. ROBERT DUVALL I'm better than Olivier. ROBERT DUVALL Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. ... ROBERT DUVALL Too many people think that economics is this subject that should wait until the university level. Bu... ROBERT DUVALL The two big subjects that supposedly parents are going to help their children understand -- sex and ... ROBERT DUVALL This is something very near to my heart. ROBERT DUVALL I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning. ROBERT DUVALL They have a tourniquet on the brain. ROBERT DUVALL At one point, they wanted me at the end wounded, and in a wheelchair and crutch like Anthony Hopkins... ROBERT DUVALL CAMILLE DUVALL Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's. ROBERT DUVALL I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set. CLEA DUVALL The municipal election can get lost in the shuffle. HOWARD DUVALL I try to keep an open mind but I'm so tired of the mediocrity. CLEA DUVALL The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle s... ROBERT DUVALL A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies... ROBERT DUVALL My uncle always said that I could have been a rancher. ROBERT DUVALL You just can't take a crash course to be a tango dancer in a movie. ROBERT DUVALL You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you're making a fiction... ROBERT DUVALL The most solitary I ever felt was when I was living in New York. I used to live in Enrico Caruso'... ROBERT DUVALL That's the biggest difference. The ability to fire people and hire your people to take their place. HOWARD DUVALL I've seen just about every variety of change. HOWARD DUVALL School construction is an important part of the growth of a city, and if the City Council through... HOWARD DUVALL It is new and it is chilling. Because it means we may have a hard time finding firms that won't have... HOWARD DUVALL It (was) completely unlikely that the House (would) slow down. The train is on the track on the Hous... HOWARD DUVALL This should be a local decision. The governor has always been a strong supporter of home rule. HOWARD DUVALL For a 'public use,' it means you cannot turn around and give it to a developer, even if it's an econ... HOWARD DUVALL Right now some 60 entities in South Carolina have eminent domain powers, and it's been discussed gen... HOWARD DUVALL The municipal election commission should get cranked up immediately to get the ads in the newspaper ... HOWARD DUVALL She hesitated. "You know I'm older than you, right?" DIANNE DUVALL You're a rare breed, Richard d'Alencon."DIANNE DUVALL He's a ball of fire and I'm sure they haven't wrestled someone like him all year. PAUL DUVALL MARY SHELLEY There is no such thing as women's intuition. You all just have crap poker faces. RACHEL SHELLEY I do have a fantasy piece of technology that would do my food shopping for me, and if you wanted to,... RACHEL SHELLEY I've always been Mac, so I guess I always will be. I can't imagine I will change now. RACHEL SHELLEY Yes I am definitely an 'Orange is the New Black' fan... Not an obsessive, but a fan none the... RACHEL SHELLEY We constantly abuse and defend a woman's prerogative to change her mind. RACHEL SHELLEY I'm not big on technology; I only get what I need. RACHEL SHELLEY I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. I... RACHEL SHELLEY Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that. RACHEL SHELLEY SHELLEY HENNIG SHELLEY WINTERS SHELLEY WINTERS SHELLEY WINTERS MARY SHELLEY SHELLEY HENNIG MARY SHELLEY Soul meets soul on lovers lips. PERCY SHELLEY SHELLEY WINTERS SHELLEY BOVEY SHELLEY WINTERS SHELLEY LONG He who promises more than he is able to perform, is false to himself; and he who does not perform wh... GEORGE SHELLEY MARY SHELLEY MARY SHELLEY SHELLEY HENNIG I won't stop fighting to give Nevadans access to affordable health care just because my husband ... SHELLEY BERKLEY MARY SHELLEY MARY SHELLEY SHELLEY HENNIG MARY SHELLEY SHELLEY FABARES The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to d... SHELLEY BERMAN MARY SHELLEY MARY SHELLEY While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subvert... KEVIN SHELLEY MARY SHELLEY SHELLEY WINTERS MARY SHELLEY Christianity is the only major religion to have as its central event the humiliation of its God. BRUCE SHELLEY a fraternity house. ... He wants you to have a good time whether you're working or not. BRUCE SHELLEY My boss thinks it's the best entertainment product Microsoft's ever made, BRUCE SHELLEY They just want to have the action. BRUCE SHELLEY We do listen to the feedback quite a bit, ... We have at least one or two full-time people who are m... BRUCE SHELLEY I got into this business to make games that I wanted to play. Turns out that there's millions of peo... BRUCE SHELLEY We went as high as we could. We were actually putting graphic effects in here you couldn't see on an... BRUCE SHELLEY The programming team set out to make the best-looking PC game ever. BRUCE SHELLEY We haven't announced anything and we don't really have anything in development, but we're experiment... BRUCE SHELLEY We want to do new kinds of games and do new and different things. We've been doing the same game for... BRUCE SHELLEY I cannot understand for the life of me why DOE is going forward with this licensing procedure when w... SHELLEY BERKLEY MARY SHELLEY While I support initiatives to improve quality and efficiency in Medicare, I do not believe that the... SHELLEY BERKLEY SHELLEY WINTERS SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY WINTERS As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated,... SHELLEY BERMAN It gets to be expensive. In the summer there is plenty of grass for them to graze on, but as soon as... SHELLEY ROHL An ambassador for peace, Pope John Paul II stood steadfast against communism and condemned discrimin... SHELLEY BERKLEY Nobody wants to pay higher taxes. But do you want your kids to get a good education? You have to pay... SHELLEY BERKLEY SHELLEY HENNIG Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the... SHELLEY BERKLEY SHELLEY WINTERS MARY SHELLEY SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY WINTERS I've been staying at their lodge in the Himalayas for years, ... They have this beautiful lodge. You... PETE SHELLEY Teach your children how to behave with animals. Adopt a pet. Don't go buy one. Please. That'... SHELLEY MORRISON SHELLEY HENNIG SHELLEY HENNIG People want to be entertained when they watch dramas. 'Mistresses' has a mixture of escapism... SHELLEY CONN I think 'Mistresses' is so successful because it's a mixture of intriguing storylines wi... SHELLEY CONN We didn't start very well, but we battled hard to win. There were a lot of good battles at the net. ... SHELLEY METTLER For the Department of Energy to conduct this investigation is like the fox watching the hen house. SHELLEY BERKLEY SHELLEY FABARES SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY LONG Otherwise, everyone was wearing masks, gowns, gloves, and all of the usual precautions. RICHARD SHELLEY MARY SHELLEY SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY WINTERS SHELLEY WINTERS SHELLEY WINTERS SHELLEY WINTERS SHELLEY LONG Apathetic to my pity party, God interrupted in a thunderous Voice with the words, “For we walk by ... SHELLEY LUBBEN Romans 8: 28: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have ... SHELLEY LUBBEN ...I was a Champion living the Champion life where nothing was impossible and everything was an oppo... SHELLEY LUBBEN ...Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways ac... SHELLEY LUBBEN We have it all in our strategic mix of professional alliances. We planned ahead of time the obstacle... WANDA SHELLEY High-level nuclear waste is already being stored at nuclear power plants across our nation, and ther... SHELLEY BERKLEY How do you tell how a man has been funny? How do you do the sound of his voice? The turn of his face... SHELLEY BERMAN When he was sitting with you, would he be witty? No, SHELLEY BERMAN It's great conversation. In the industry, it's great talk, SHELLEY BERMAN We were sitting watching television, had finished a nice dinner, everything was fine. Other people w... SHELLEY BERMAN suddenly, we were moving. SHELLEY BERMAN Few, very few, will ever be able to craft a joke as beautifully as Pat. He was able to just make it ... SHELLEY BERMAN If you've never met a student from the University of Chicago, I'll describe him to you. If you give ... SHELLEY BERMAN I couldn't stop crying. It's so big for him, for the team, for the curling club, for the province of... SHELLEY NICHOLS SHELLEY WINTERS The trend in the last couple of years has been a decline in unemployment. I'm seeing certain occupat... SHELLEY ALLEN Wages are really slow to move. The are really the last thing to adjust in a tightening labor supply. SHELLEY ALLEN The trend in the last couple of years has been a decline in unemployment, SHELLEY ALLEN Our unemployment has been steadily declining, ... You have Lowe's, Heinz and now Convergys hiring an... SHELLEY ALLEN [Shelley Allen, regional labor market analyst at Idaho Commerce and Labor in Pocatello said the new ... SHELLEY ALLEN If I asked for a (stage) light, it was not an ask but a demand. If I demanded, I was having a fit, SHELLEY BERMAN SHELLEY WINTERS SHELLEY WINTERS one of the greatest humorists of the last half-century. SHELLEY BERMAN SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY FABARES This is quite the toxic jambalaya that is being cooked down there. SHELLEY HEARNE SHELLEY FABARES Life was about loss. One minute standing on the promise of your dreams, then free-falling backward i... SHELLEY NOBLE I think it is extremely foolish and shortsighted for Senator Hatch to pursue the path he's been goin... SHELLEY BERKLEY Shelley, you’re just like that oyster.” God confronted me on the deeper areas of my life that I ... SHELLEY LUBBEN Because I first trusted God, I no longer worried if Garrett would leave me. Because the foundation o... SHELLEY LUBBEN SHELLEY LONG SHELLEY WINTERS Not that pain is the worst thing in the universe. Interesting things happen when you adapt pain for ... SHELLEY JACKSON The Steve Allen Sunday night show had the right to two options after my first performance. SHELLEY BERMAN SHELLEY FABARES Do not perform an action for the reward it may bring. Perform it because it is right; it is dharma. SHELLEY SCHANFIELD Realistically, we never presumed to be the guys who would play for it. GARD SHELLEY We do not take this lightly. The Stanley Cup is the greatest sports trophy anywhere, ever. It is uni... GARD SHELLEY Realistically, we never presumed to be the guys who would play for it. But if an extended commercial... GARD SHELLEY We decided there was merit to the thing, and that your average Canadian doesn't want to see the thin... GARD SHELLEY A few beers later, we said, 'we'll play for the Cup, they don't own the damn Cup. GARD SHELLEY It hurt us to lose Dowdy because we have never played that much of a game without her. We depend on ... GEORGE SHELLEY
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We have fun, we listen to one another, we challenge one another, we trust one another. We're doi... 
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I love my wife and I know she loves me. We're best friends. We're just lucky to have found e... 
Fueled by faith and passion for our true priorities we're going to drive against traffic in order to... 
I feel strikingly domestic. We're in our own world with two busses and trucks. 
We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. ... 
Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all da... 
If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I fe... 
The weird thing about metal fans is we're all so maladjusted in a lot of ways. We're individ... 
I'm not an idealist. I know we're not going to be living in a world that's peace and lov... 
We lived together as kids, and now we're taking care of each other as men. 
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Normally, we're never satisfied. 
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I think, in general, when you're doing comedy, you're having a good time regardless of the c... 
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We're constantly re-evaluating the potential for life. We're finding it where we didn't ... 
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We're plugged in 24 hours a day now. We're all part of one big machine, whether we are consc... 
You gotta remember: we're musicians... we're just crazy people who can't get along somet... 
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I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other. 
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We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves. 
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I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a tournament, before I put my feet on the... 
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I was so cold the other day, I almost got married. 
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A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind. 
Every day the fat woman dies a series of small deaths. 
Now that I'm over sixty I'm veering toward respectability. 
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win. 
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos. 
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I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living. 
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win. 
I was the fastest typist in my school, and I had an obsession with spelling and memorizing. 
It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been. 