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Related It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whol... AUDREY HEPBURN It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whol... AUDREY HEPBURN I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH Like most comics, I tried to come up with a sitcom idea that was based around my life. And it didn... BILL BURR I would switch roles with Madonna for a day. Or if Audrey Hepburn was still alive, Audrey Hepburn. I... LINDSAY LOHAN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I was brought up in a way that when you're at a dinner party, you don't grab a chip unless i... HUGH JACKMAN When I vacate this sack of old bones I won't care what you do with it. Bury or burn it but don... WILBUR SMITH I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more. SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR Campaigning and acting aren't compatible. That's why Audrey Hepburn gave up acting. That'... MARION COTILLARD I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it. BO JACKSON Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love i... JENNIFER YUH NELSON When you work on a movie, you just have no idea how it's going to come out; you hope it's go... RACHEL TRUE The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and some... BABYFACE If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've g... EWAN MCGREGOR I think you get to a point where you watch something just to enjoy it. I don't think it's re... CHARLIE WATTS You know, last season I didn't do anything on the show, so I was frustrated. I mean, don't g... LORRAINE BRACCO I learned really early on that I had to treat it as if it were a real job. This might be my middle c... ALICE MCDERMOTT It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Playing characters who are wonderful and beautiful is hard because you don't feel like that most... HANS MATHESON Don't worry that you can't seem to come up with sure billion dollar winners at first. Just d... STEVE WOZNIAK One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the ... DRAYMOND GREEN It was from an old friend who thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, 'Life and death issues don&... THOMAS ARNOLD What I love about new technology is that it really pushes the art. It really pushes it in a way that... ROBERT RODRIGUEZ I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others... JERRY GARCIA Before I was 12 years old, I had no interest in music; I was just into football. Then I heard Don Mc... JAKE BUGG About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN It was so naive to think that there was nothing interesting that happened after 55. Come on, there... GAIL SHEEHY It's hard to bury your head in Los Angeles. People come up to you and say, 'Hey, I saw your ... CHELSEA PERETTI You come for the money, you don't come to Barefoot College. You come for the work and the challe... BUNKER ROY My grandpa would come in with water and flick it on our faces at 6 A.M. and be like, 'If you don... CAM In life, you're going to have a lot of problems. Everybody's got problems. Some is worse tha... TOM BENSON Well, I think on second units it's all about execution. Because you come in there, you don't... DAVID R. ELLIS Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. Y... MAYA ANGELOU Personally, I don't get that whole reality show thing. It was much smaller, and it's grown. ... SIENNA GUILLORY I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then i... GRACE JONES I do come across people who don't like me, don't like my comedy, don't think it's fu... DEMETRI MARTIN I hate this idea that there are some people who have a right to express their suffering and others w... ERIC FISCHL You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don&... AMY CHUA There's so much bullying with young people and them feeling like they can't come out, and th... TABATHA COFFEY Anybody can have this body if you do enough sit-ups and you just make a decision that 'Every day... VALERIE BERTINELLI I don't see anything that's come out on WikiLeaks that was a legitimate secret. NOAM CHOMSKY Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do th... SRIKUMAR RAO In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're ... BENEDICT WONG I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES Being generous or doing things for others actually makes me feel good so I don't do it because I... DAVID SCHWIMMER What you come to discover is, it isn't how you get there, it's that you get there. If that... CHARLIE SHEEN When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that... BILL PARCELLS You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possib... BARRY JENKINS If it's a good LP, you'll get that tingle that makes you put it on again no matter what your... ANDY PARTRIDGE The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pa... LANCE BURTON It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don&... JOHN HUGHES As a director, you can't stop a guy if he thinks something's hysterical, because if you do, ... EVAN GOLDBERG Things don't have to come to you in your youth. It's fine for them to come to you when you g... MIRANDA HART Simply, if you're working with good material, then it's right there, and you don't have ... DULE HILL There was a little of this, 'Oh, you're such a sweet girl!' That's a wonderful thing... ERIKA CHRISTENSEN I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all th... ANTHONY HOPKINS The very first big photo shoot I ever did was with Bruce Weber. I couldn't believe this guy was ... MATT DAMON I saw women's boxing on television for the first time when I was 18, and that's when I wante... LAILA ALI America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matt... CRISTINA SARALEGUI I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think i... HUGH JACKMAN I've been in this business for 40 years - you do a show, and you don't know what's going... RANDEE HELLER You could make the most beautiful film, and that weekend it's raining too hard on the East Coast... AVA DUVERNAY I've gotten away with a lot in my life. The older you get the more you realize you're not ge... JON HAMM It's difficult to feel that people are looking at you in the street. I don't like the fuss. AUDREY TAUTOU It doesn't matter what tradition you come from, what religion you have or don't, what cultur... CHARITY SUNSHINE TILLEMANN-DICK When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to com... SHANIA TWAIN Growing up in a band is weird - you get stuck hanging on to what it is you think you are. But what I... DAVE GAHAN I don't think the music that I do is nostalgic in any way; I don't think about going back to... IMELDA MAY I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'... TAJ MAHAL If you watch the 'Blue Collar Comedy Tour,' don't expect that when you come see me by my... RON WHITE Anything you can do to get more people to come to your live shows is good, because that's where ... NATASHA LEGGERO I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the tim... DENIS LEARY It can be frustrating when you're put in a category with others. Women do get lumped together in... FELICITY JONES I love Gwen Stefani. I'd watch what she'd wear over and over again and think, 'How do I ... YUNA I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN My whole damn family was nice. I don't think I've imagined it. It's true. Maybe it has t... HENRY FONDA People always come up to me now and say, 'Watchmen' is the best superhero movie ever made.... ZACK SNYDER When I was young, I despised old people. I was provincial and narrow-minded. It's the reason I s... EDMUND WHITE You don't think about it at the time, but there are certain responsibilities that come with bein... THERESA MAY We know that in our free market economy some will prosper more than others. What we don't accept... JULIAN CASTRO I always liked the idea in 'Potter' that you don't choose the wand, the wand chooses you... SCOTT DERRICKSON That's a curious paradox that I don't think a lot of people out there know; that you get rea... JACQUELINE MCKENZIE Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true ... ROWAN WILLIAMS I'm very old-fashioned - I don't operate with an agenda. If you're a biographer, you wan... RICHARD NORTON SMITH I look up to Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn and old styles. You will never see me in a crop top a... ELLA HENDERSON Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more. BRUCE OLDFIELD I have always thought it was a terrible shame that the women's movement didn't realise how m... NORA EPHRON I have no deep-seated desire to be famous; that's not what's driving me, so if it's some... CAM I kept being asked by corporations to do corporate gigs. And I said, 'I don't have anything.... JASON ALEXANDER People make mistakes and I've probably made a few more than others, but unfortunately mine are a... SHANE WARNE Going into my second film as a director, it's night and day of what it was like going into my fi... DEREK MAGYAR I was brought up by great parents and great grandparents who told me, 'Never, ever think that yo... YOLANDA ADAMS When we did 'The Office,' no one knew who we were, so it was easy to champion us; you could ... STEPHEN MERCHANT YI teamed up with the Allstate Foundation to basically inform teens why it's important to drive ... AUSTIN MAHONE
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KATHARINE HEPBURN To be loved is very demoralizing. KATHARINE HEPBURN If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism
of one, go ahead, get married. KATHERINE HEPBURN Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley... KATHERINE HEPBURN Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give... KATHARINE HEPBURN Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley... KATHARINE HEPBURN A good book is enjoyable. A great book sets off a bomb inside of you. NED HEPBURN Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give... KATHERINE HEPBURN Without discipline, there's no life at all. KATHARINE HEPBURN Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should just live next door ... KATHARINE HEPBURN If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. KATHERINE HEPBURN Never complain. Never explain. KATHERINE HEPBURN If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun. KATHERINE HEPBURN We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - bu... KATHARINE HEPBURN If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building. KATHARINE HEPBURN I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret… if you have... KATHARINE HEPBURN It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession. KATHARINE HEPBURN It's a business you go into because you're an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profe... KATHARINE HEPBURN Only the really plain people know about love-the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impr... KATHARINE HEPBURN I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret
if you have ... KATHARINE HEPBURN I am an atheist and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind t... KATHARINE HEPBURN Never complain. Never explain. KATHARINE HEPBURN The noise is so loud that birds, waves, and people are silenced by the frantic roar of morons scream... KATHARINE HEPBURN Living wasn't easy for you, was it? You couldn't enter your own life, but you could be someone else.... KATHARINE HEPBURN Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star. KATHARINE HEPBURN When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted ... KATHARINE HEPBURN Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in. KATHARINE HEPBURN I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true. KATHARINE HEPBURN My greatest strength is... common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup o... KATHARINE HEPBURN If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get marr... KATHARINE HEPBURN . . . as one goes through life one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move. KATHARINE HEPBURN It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean. KATHARINE HEPBURN I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him. KATHARINE HEPBURN What in the world would we do without our libraries? KATHARINE HEPBURN Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don'... KATHARINE HEPBURN Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about... KATHARINE HEPBURN To be loved is very demoralizing KATHARINE HEPBURN Tea at Five KATHARINE HEPBURN Someone asked someone who was about my age: "How are you?" The answer was, "Fine. If you don't ask f... KATHARINE HEPBURN It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs. KATHARINE HEPBURN It's life, isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then som... KATHARINE HEPBURN I don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical to love, honor, and obey. KATHARINE HEPBURN Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to ... KATHARINE HEPBURN I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind t... KATHARINE HEPBURN If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun KATHARINE HEPBURN