Gloria Swanson quote: "Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent."

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity ...
GLORIA SWANSON

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywo...
GLORIA SWANSON

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.
GLORIA SWANSON

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.
GLORIA SWANSON

I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.
GLORIA SWANSON

I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by Cecil B. De Mille.
GLORIA SWANSON

Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how.
GLORIA SWANSON

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.
GLORIA SWANSON

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.
GLORIA SWANSON

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.
GLORIA SWANSON

The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so completely that he loses all p...
GLORIA SWANSON

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.
GLORIA SWANSON

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.
GLORIA SWANSON

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
GLORIA SWANSON

Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by its restr...
GLORIA SWANSON

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.
GLORIA SWANSON

The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert ca...
GLORIA SWANSON

In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him implicitly to make the...
GLORIA SWANSON

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.
GLORIA SWANSON

All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in.
GLORIA SWANSON

I entered the cosmetics industry because I wanted more women to use cosmetics made with safe, health...
GLORIA SWANSON

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to ...
GLORIA SWANSON

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.
GLORIA SWANSON

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.
GLORIA SWANSON

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event.
GLORIA SWANSON

At 26 I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of pictures.
GLORIA SWANSON

I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from tellin...
GLORIA SWANSON

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.
GLORIA SWANSON

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temp...
GLORIA SWANSON

After 16 years in pictures I could not be intimidated easily, because I knew where all the skeletons...
GLORIA SWANSON

One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for the medium. It depressed me.
GLORIA SWANSON

When I was around 9 years old, I was watching TV one day. I was looking at this commercial, with a k...
KRISTY SWANSON

That will prevent circuits from overloading when power is restored.
BRIAN SWANSON

The Bay Area was definitely one of the hardest hit regions.
BRIAN SWANSON

There wasn't enough pollution for a wholesale cleanup.
BRIAN SWANSON

He got along with everybody. He's a very likeable guy, and there were no problems at work. This is s...
BRIAN SWANSON

We can bring crews in from other areas, too. If Monterey is hard hit and Bakersfield, for example, i...
BRIAN SWANSON

Look at identical twins. When you get up closer, you start to see the small differences. It all depe...
BRIAN SWANSON

The company is in storm-response mode right now.
BRIAN SWANSON

We try to detect faulty equipment ahead of time to detect problem areas and make repairs before anyt...
BRIAN SWANSON

That's a big concern right now with these storms coming on the heels of a very wet week. The soil is...
BRIAN SWANSON

This incident is in no way related to what happened in San Francisco.
BRIAN SWANSON

Watch out for people who have a situational value system, who can turn the charm on and off dependin...
BILL SWANSON

I've been in the business for 30 years, and there is a difference. We deal with more medical issues,...
BILL SWANSON

It puts a lot more meat on the bones.
BILL SWANSON

I think our major concern is how big is too big? And what is it going to look like in the end?
BILL SWANSON

Each property seems to be independent of the other.
BILL SWANSON

By 2008 there are going to be 6 million unanswered jobs that require some technical background. That...
BILL SWANSON

We had strong sales across the company and ended the year with the lowest net debt in 10 years.
BILL SWANSON

I'm getting tired, real tired.
BILL SWANSON

RAC had a nice finish to the year and has a solid plan going into 2006.
BILL SWANSON

When the water reaches the upper level, follow the rats.
CLAUDE SWANSON

Everything pales in comparison to deer.
DAVE SWANSON

Chelsea is one of the most accurate 3-point shooters I've been around. But she did more than that. S...
DAVE SWANSON

Chelsea has really put the team on her shoulders. We've played some strong teams lately, so she's st...
DAVE SWANSON

I didn't think we matched up too well with Pepperell anyway. Then the coin flip really was dishearte...
MATT SWANSON

...we were considered a nuisance, now we're not, I'd like to know why?
RICHARD SWANSON

Both just wanted to get away.
ANDREW SWANSON

There's no way you can justify somebody holding up a sign saying things like, 'Pray for more dead so...
BOB SWANSON

With all the rain, it's reproducing rapidly, ... It has gone from covering 10 percent of the lake a ...
ERIC SWANSON

It's the same American dream that every immigrant has ever had.
SANDY SWANSON

Everyone leaves these performances so enlightened.
CHUCK SWANSON

Defense was the key for us tonight. It's what Bulldog basketball is all about...getting in their fac...
CRAIG SWANSON

For every person who has a horrible story about how their market basket of goods went soaring, there...
MICHAEL SWANSON

People are having fun in other cities. And people have a lot more casual sex in New York.
SCOTT SWANSON

The ball is kind of Velcro-ed to her foot whether she's going 90 mph or 10 mph. The one thing about ...
STEVE SWANSON

Here's a friend that's been taken from our interaction, so there's a void there. And on his part, th...
JIM SWANSON

Ryan came up big in the second half. He took over when we needed him to step up, like a senior who's...
ERIC SWANSON

This is a lifeline for the little guy who's been struggling to compete against the big guns, and a h...
JIM SWANSON

Cook until they're popped but not yet big and fluffy.
JERRY SWANSON

Canadian lumber producers have a long way to go to stand on their own feet.
STEVE SWANSON

There are heartening and sobering conclusions.
CHRISTOPHER SWANSON

It is appalling. That's the only way I could describe it. It's despicable.
BOB SWANSON

Johns Car Wash has had quite a few customers from West Salem commenting on when we were going to get...
KEVIN SWANSON

We're a good defensive team. We keep coming back on teams. It's pretty much the story of our season.
CRAIG SWANSON

When people are reading a book, it's a personal thing. They're reading it; it's in their...
KRISTY SWANSON

We don't know why, we just know that they did. The state may initiate an equalization effort, but of...
CHRISTOPHER SWANSON

That doesn't mean teacher quality is not important. It means we have to take a closer look. A lot ha...
CHRISTOPHER SWANSON

There are signs of promise in this approach, but certainly the jury is still out.
CHRISTOPHER SWANSON

We worked hard to increase revenues through efficiencies, and not by raising general admission price...
KARL SWANSON

She's a great player. When we needed her the most, she was there for us.
CRAIG SWANSON

For all intents and purposes, supply and demand are balanced out.
CHARLES SWANSON

We have talked to our arts colleagues around the country, and they say no one has ever attempted any...
CHARLES SWANSON

We wanted to do something very different. Something we've never done before.
CHARLES SWANSON

The guy helped me out. He broke up some scar tissue that was in my knee. It worked out great for eve...
JASON SWANSON

Since we all live in a watershed, we need to be aware of the conservation practices that are install...
DON SWANSON

There's a little danger if you start to walk on a really young flow that's just a few minutes old. T...
DON SWANSON

This volcano is a sleeper. Most of the time it's very pleasant, like it is today. The lava just come...
DON SWANSON

It's critical for a big project such as this to go forward for a joint effort of all three sources o...
DON SWANSON

He's a tourist. He takes pictures of people's lives, puts them in a scrapbook, and moves on. All he'...
RON SWANSON

Those five guys got us going at the start of the fourth quarter.
ERIC SWANSON

Our kids know their kids really well and there's no hard feelings or dirty play. It's always just tw...
ERIC SWANSON

We came ready to play. For not playing for a week, we came out shooting the ball well and played wit...
ERIC SWANSON

We're really excited about implementing these possible improvements in the downtown area,
ERIC SWANSON

I think in the long run, it'll pay off,
ERIC SWANSON

How can we improve the organization? How can we bring better services to the citizenry?,
ERIC SWANSON

Kristyn worked on her game more during the off-season than before. Hopefully, Maria will be able to ...
ERIC SWANSON

We don't plan on going anywhere -- but everything is for sale for the right price.
ERIC SWANSON

I just try to get something going. Most of the time it works.
BRYCE SWANSON

We try, but our principal won't really let us, But we try our best.
BRYCE SWANSON

When they're on defense, we cheer for defense. When they're on offense, we yell for them on offense.
BRYCE SWANSON

The nice thing about rice is you can season it the way you like.
JERRY SWANSON

They left it all out on the table.
CRAIG SWANSON

She held true on her promise.
CRAIG SWANSON

We earned it. We didn't want to make the playoffs finding out someone else won a game for us.
CRAIG SWANSON

When we could've quit we didn't. When you have the lead most of the game and they take it back, we d...
CRAIG SWANSON

Corvallis is a well-coached team. We knew it would be close tonight. Our game plan was to use the pr...
CRAIG SWANSON

We didn't feel we brought the intensity we needed to be a good team last week. Tonight, defensively ...
CRAIG SWANSON

What a game for D.J.. She kept us in the game all night and then the rest of the team got going.
CRAIG SWANSON

We're anticipating that that decision on the appeal ought to be done fairly quickly,
ERIC SWANSON

We were told that the district would share with the city. That is part of the reason that many resid...
DALE SWANSON

The city isn't going to be the scapegoat for why this program went away. The local option sales tax ...
DALE SWANSON

We, as a council, feel that revenues can be generated with the library and we see the library flatly...
DALE SWANSON

An increase in turkey abundance coupled with nice weather resulted in a higher number of turkeys har...
DAVE SWANSON

I've always been this strong-willed person and I've always been in love with acting.
KRISTY SWANSON

It's coming out very beautiful.
DAN SWANSON

They will go where the habitat is.
DAVE SWANSON

Right now, I would say the Vinton-Jackson County area probably has the most, but they are spreading.
DAVE SWANSON

I think the difference between the haves and have-nots is alarming. Unless something happens, I thin...
DAVE SWANSON

It's not just points that Chelsea gives us. She's played just about every position on the court and ...
DAVE SWANSON

Iowa is doing an awful lot to capitalize on its natural resources.
GARY SWANSON

Her personality has changed. She's more outgoing. She laughs and she makes everybody laugh.
GARY SWANSON

We'd love to be in downtown Encinitas. It's simply a matter of affording the rent. As an art group, ...
GRACE SWANSON

We found we were just far enough from the main part of Encinitas that people drove by real fast and ...
GRACE SWANSON

It could be two months or two years; we have no way of knowing. We would still be looking for a new ...
GRACE SWANSON

John Knox's dying words were, 'Lord, grant true pastors to Thy kirk.' Such was the last prayer of a ...
KEVIN SWANSON

That was huge. The kid's got guts. She can be 0-for-6 from 3, and she's going to shoot that seventh ...
ED SWANSON

If we go to Bridgeport, we're doing pretty good. That's the regional.
ED SWANSON

We're broader and bigger than a lot of folks think we are.
ED SWANSON

We happened to make the plays when it counted. It?s as simple as that. They could have made the play...
ED SWANSON

Knowing it was Senior Day, Nicolle was emotional in the locker room before the game, but after she h...
ED SWANSON

That opens it up. Lisa's been coming on. She's been battling a leg problem all year and she was worr...
ED SWANSON

We're in Williamston; we're in Okemos; we're in surrounding communities. As we came back west across...
ED SWANSON

That's maturity and focus. When a team makes a run at us, I don't want to have to call a timeout. We...
ED SWANSON

This is probably the best offensive rebounding team we'll face all year. The mark of a good team is ...
ED SWANSON

That's what we start with from day one. The kids play with a high energy level, and that allows us t...
ED SWANSON

Oil Park is close to campus, but cosmetically it isn't the most attractive. However, they do a great...
ERIKA SWANSON

Our freshmen have the ability to make some waves this season.
ERIKA SWANSON

We only have 12 players this year, and they can all play different positions, but no one needs to ge...
ERIKA SWANSON

This is an extremely competitive conference, and on any given day, any team can win. Last year was u...
ERIKA SWANSON

We look for event films, films that are larger than life.
JASON SWANSON

We knew we'd have an opportunity to throw big on them. We just had to come out and do it. ... We saw...
JASON SWANSON

It had to be said. He had to do it.
JASON SWANSON

It was sore that day. Then the next day I went and got my knee checked out, and it was perfect.
JASON SWANSON

I couldn't even have imagined this happening.
JASON SWANSON

It was a little bit of revenge, I guess. (State) will be a totally new experience. It somewhat boost...
JAYSON SWANSON

It would be nice to have someone to cheer for. The camaraderie of a team, I think, would be nice. Ju...
JAYSON SWANSON

I was dogging it out there. I had nothing left. I think I just wanted it a little more than he did.
JAYSON SWANSON

It's just me and coach (Rocky Lewis) and my dad. It's working out so far.
JAYSON SWANSON

Bonds are going through a nervous breakdown now.
JAMES SWANSON

Finally people are recognizing the economy's in good shape and so are profits. You have rates rising...
JAMES SWANSON

Finally, people are recognizing the economy's in good shape and so are profits.
JAMES SWANSON

They're not done and it's clear to me that these guys really are worried about an inflation bulge. Y...
JAMES SWANSON

You can get all these bonds on sale later in the year.
JAMES SWANSON

It was really hard to pick out the people that we had to take, ... A lot of the elderly that we pick...
JAMES SWANSON

We saw dead alligators. We saw four of them, belly up. If the alligators can't survive in their own ...
JAMES SWANSON

Everybody who gets promoted to general understands the position carries much higher degrees of condu...
JAMES SWANSON

If you are unable to do that, I don't see where your bosses have any choice
JAMES SWANSON

generals to lead by example.
JAMES SWANSON

Students like technology, they love gadgets. So we've got a lot of reports that teachers and student...
MARK SWANSON

The things we are talking about should happen in days.
MARK SWANSON

We have a great post presence and are physical inside. Now hopefully we will continue to play well.
MARK SWANSON

The primary thing as parents that we can do is make sure that we have mostly healthy food around the...
MARK SWANSON

There were so many things on Aberdeen's plate at that time that we decided to wait because a lot of ...
LAURE SWANSON

We had so many great ideas, but not enough money to make a lot of it happen, so we came up with the ...
LAURE SWANSON

We plan to change the way people see Aberdeen from not just the outside, but from within.
LAURE SWANSON

The income base of the state as a whole is growing fairly well.
LARRY SWANSON

[Workers] are gravitating toward places of their choosing, ... Twenty years ago I'd say, 'I can't ea...
LARRY SWANSON

Companies try to be mean and tight from a staffing perspective,
LARRY SWANSON

It was one of his real joys. He was constantly working towards protecting them.
LARRY SWANSON

If you come here in 15 years, ... the places you'll want to go will be the places that managed it ri...
LARRY SWANSON

It's hard. It's a tough world. The cost crunches for a business are health care and those other extr...
LARRY SWANSON

A lot of people and businesses want to be located in small towns. And for a long time, they really c...
LARRY SWANSON

This has been the name of our organization for 70 years. We believe it has taken on a meaning indepe...
KARL SWANSON

My thought would be that as the coach of the team, he did play a role in the naming, and, at the tim...
KARL SWANSON

It's good to get it behind us, and now he can just concentrate on football.
KARL SWANSON

We haven't received any details of the auction, ... We'll be happy to see just how they intend to do...
KARL SWANSON

We have no plans to change the name because we're confident we will prevail in court. We believe the...
KARL SWANSON

It's all material stuff that can be replaced very easily.
KARL SWANSON

It was kind of shocking. You don't really think it's going to happen to you. My jaw just kind of dro...
KARL SWANSON

We're trying to build up. It's kind of a slow process.
KARL SWANSON

[However, what's most important, Swanson counters, is intent: Because the Redskins and their fans me...
KARL SWANSON

Here you have a couple, and it requires both of them to work to make ends meet. If you want to get a...
JUDY SWANSON

It helps when somebody is holding them accountable and encouraging them. Some of them have been beat...
JUDY SWANSON

I probably get five calls a day from people who cannot find a place that they can afford to live ......
JUDY SWANSON

How many people make that? Not that many. People working in the hospitality industry and in our stor...
JUDY SWANSON

Getting through it when the good times in the day finally begin to outweigh the bad takes thre...
KRISTEN SWANSON

Her sadness scares her, and it scares the heck out of him. It builds on itself.
KRISTEN SWANSON

I won't date a guy who doesn't own a toolbox. I'm not saying you need to be able to knock down a wal...
KRISTEN SWANSON

(Thursday) it was $3,200 for the low-level, just-get-in-the-door ticket.
JENNIFER SWANSON

More often than not, it's a small scam. Seats aren't where they're supposed to be, or they're not as...
JENNIFER SWANSON

When you go to the Internet, you'll find that anyone can post anything.
JENNIFER SWANSON

Most of those belong to corporations, and they're now finding their way onto the secondary market. T...
JENNIFER SWANSON

It's an all-around positive report. It just goes to show the disconnect between consumer expectation...
MICHAEL SWANSON

The Federal Reserve is concerned with maintaining price stability and with employment and the econom...
MICHAEL SWANSON

Megan may be our best outside shooter and she's done a good job for us. She was sick earlier in the ...
MATT SWANSON

The young guys don't understand how hard you have to defend in this league. But give (Bassett) credi...
PAUL SWANSON

We broke no rules and we did it with good kids. Not perfect kids who never made mistakes, but with g...
RYAN SWANSON

I shake my head and rub the bridge of my nose. "There's a whole lot more at stake here than just my ...
KARA SWANSON

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent.

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Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent.

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