Sally Rand Quotes
What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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I don't call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know when I don't.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.
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If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.
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North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
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There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
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Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.
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One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.
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Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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The simple act of sitting down and playing something enormously complex and spiritually uplifting on a harpsichord just bores kids to tears. There's no sizzle, there's no grab. But it's the great lesson of serious music, that it invites you to listen, rather than demands that you listen.
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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.
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God was dead. Let Him rest in peace. Now, finally, the earth was hers with no taint of Heaven.
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Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.
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What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.