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I'd been in Hollywood for five years before I started writing 'The Guild.' I worked enough to pay all my bills. So I was very lucky in that respect. Most people don't make a living acting.


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DOROTHY DAY Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
HARRY DAY Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.
STOCKWELL DAY First of all, let it be remembered that I speak as an ex-Communist and one who has not testified bef...
DOROTHY DAY We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fund...
DOROTHY DAY When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups...
DOROTHY DAY We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy.
DOROTHY DAY We are the nation the most powerful, the most armed and we are supplying arms and money to the rest ...
DOROTHY DAY It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and s...
DOROTHY DAY Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily.
DOROTHY DAY Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is...
DOROTHY DAY I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor.
DOROTHY DAY Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom...
DOROTHY DAY Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do.
DOROTHY DAY Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinat...
DOROTHY DAY Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a whi...
DOROTHY DAY Words are as strong and powerful as bombs, as napalm.
DOROTHY DAY Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them.
DOROTHY DAY As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the othe...
DOROTHY DAY They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.
DOROTHY DAY We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this ...
DOROTHY DAY The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution whi...
DOROTHY DAY The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.
DOROTHY DAY Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.
DORIS DAY We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt our...
CLARENCE DAY Anything can happen, so you have to control your attitude and stay strong.
JASON DAY But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
THOMAS DAY I've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people.
DORIS DAY I'm grateful and enjoying the ride.
ANDRA DAY