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Sanity - that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought
Erich Fromm
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I wouldn`t piss on her if she was on fire. (in reference to `Joan Crawford`)
Bette Davis
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[Talking about his success in playing the two Mr. Darcy roles] "I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I`m still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird."
Colin Firth
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[in reference to Katharine Hepburn`s tie for the 1968 Oscar with Barbra Streisand]: "I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn`t been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they`d given me half an ...
Bette Davis
Keywords: 1968 :: actually :: an :: barbra :: be :: been :: but :: done :: first :: for :: given :: half :: has :: hasn :: hepburn :: if :: in :: it :: katharine :: me :: miss :: only :: oscar :: oscars :: reference :: streisand :: the :: they :: three :: tie :: to :: wanted :: win :: with :: wonSource: imdb.com
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[In reference to the Oscar Family Album Tribute sequence at The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) (TV) and speaking live on British television following the Oscar ceremony in 1998] I was sat up there with the likes of Claire Trevor and Luise Rainer. It me...
Michael Caine
Keywords: 1998 :: 70th :: academy :: album :: and :: annual :: at :: awards :: british :: ceremony :: claire :: family :: following :: in :: it :: likes :: live :: luise :: means :: of :: on :: oscar :: rainer :: reference :: sat :: sequence :: speaking :: television :: the :: there :: to :: trevor :: tribute :: tv :: up :: was :: withSource: imdb.com
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They put me in a blonde wig for the role. [In reference to her character Ann Darrow in King Kong and speaking in 2004]
Fay Wray
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I don`t really want to do a teen comedy, you know? I mean, I just didn`t want to be in a bad movie, that`s all. In reference to his hesitance in deciding whether or not to play his character Matthew Kidman in The Girl Next Door (2004).
Emile Hirsch
Keywords: 2004 :: all :: bad :: be :: character :: comedy :: deciding :: didn :: do :: don :: door :: girl :: hesitance :: his :: in :: just :: kidman :: know :: matthew :: mean :: movie :: next :: not :: or :: play :: really :: reference :: teen :: that :: the :: to :: want :: whether :: youSource: imdb.com
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It is these children we must admire... Their honesty and bravery are models for us all. Their stories and their role here today - advocating for their cure, their own future - must be heard. - In reference to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Inte...
Kevin Kline
Keywords: admire :: advocating :: all :: and :: are :: be :: bravery :: ch :: children :: cure :: diabetes :: for :: foundation :: future :: heard :: here :: honesty :: in :: international :: is :: it :: juvenile :: models :: must :: own :: reference :: research :: role :: stories :: the :: their :: these :: to :: today :: us :: weSource: imdb.com
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When my youngest daughter first saw the film, she said Kong wasn`t trying to hurt you, he was just trying to protect you, which was right. (2004) [In reference to King Kong (1933)]
Fay Wray
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That movie meant a lot to me; my heart was right up in my throat. [In reference to The Wedding March (1928) and speaking in early 2004]
Fay Wray
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That film changed my life. [In reference to The Wedding March (1928) and speaking in early 2004]
Fay Wray
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[In reference to growing up without a father figure but rather with two mothers] I grew up with two moms. They were lovers until I was nine. Then they split up. I was the product of a one-night stand. But I met my father once when I was four. He lives som...
Jena Malone
Keywords: but :: father :: figure :: four :: grew :: growing :: he :: in :: lives :: lovers :: met :: moms :: mothers :: my :: night :: nine :: of :: once :: one :: product :: rather :: reference :: somewhere :: split :: stand :: the :: then :: they :: to :: two :: until :: up :: was :: were :: when :: with :: withoutSource: imdb.com
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I have no advice for them. [In reference to the King Kong remake and speaking in 2004]
Fay Wray
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I was a novice as far as film was concerned. I`d been working for 20 years at the time, then all that happened. [In reference to Secrets & Lies (1996) and her Academy Award nomination.]
Brenda Blethyn
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[In reference to King Kong (1933)] "He (Merian Cooper) called me into his office and showed me sketches of jungle scenes and told me, `You`re going to have the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood.` Naturally, I thought Clark Gable. But then he showe...
Fay Wray
Keywords: 1933 :: and :: but :: called :: clark :: cooper :: darkest :: gable :: going :: have :: he :: his :: hollywood :: in :: into :: jungle :: king :: kong :: leading :: man :: me :: merian :: naturally :: of :: office :: re :: reference :: scenes :: showed :: sket :: sketches :: tallest :: the :: then :: this :: thought :: to :: told :: youSource: imdb.com
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Well you see, movies are our generation`s folklore. It`s our pop culture, our reference point. I don`t want it to sound arrogant but I felt that my passion and love for the movies gave me enough guidance as to how I would present a character by mixing ele...
Rie Rasmussen
Keywords: and :: are :: arrogant :: as :: but :: by :: character :: culture :: don :: element :: enough :: felt :: folklore :: for :: gave :: generation :: guidance :: how :: it :: love :: me :: mixing :: movies :: my :: our :: passion :: point :: pop :: present :: reference :: see :: sound :: that :: the :: to :: want :: well :: would :: youSource: imdb.com
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The history of TV has traditionally been not to do anything that would scandalize Grandma or upset Junior. Our solution on The Simpsons is to do jokes that people who have an education, or some frame of reference, can get. And for the ones who don`t, it d...
Matt Groening
Keywords: an :: and :: anything :: been :: can :: do :: doesn :: don :: education :: for :: frame :: get :: grandma :: has :: have :: history :: is :: it :: jokes :: junior :: not :: of :: on :: ones :: or :: our :: people :: reference :: scandalize :: simpsons :: solution :: some :: that :: the :: to :: traditionally :: tv :: upset :: who :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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I`ve been around a long time, and I interviewed with a lot of the same people over and over. I was always direct and open about my life. I would always reference Jane [Wagner] and everything, but they never choose to write about it that way -- just like t...
Lily Tomlin
Keywords: about :: always :: and :: around :: been :: but :: choose :: direct :: everything :: interviewed :: it :: jane :: just :: life :: like :: long :: lot :: my :: never :: of :: open :: over :: people :: reference :: same :: that :: the :: they :: time :: to :: ve :: wagner :: was :: way :: with :: would :: writeSource: imdb.com
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I wish I could say I broke this kicking down the door at Paramount, but I was running after my son. - said at the GLAAD Media Awards in reference to her broken toe and to the producers at Paramount who are allowing Laura Schlessinger to have a TV show. Sc...
Julianne Moore
Keywords: after :: allowing :: and :: are :: at :: awards :: broke :: broken :: but :: could :: door :: down :: glaad :: have :: her :: in :: kicking :: laura :: media :: my :: paramount :: producers :: reference :: running :: said :: say :: schless :: schlessinger :: show :: son :: the :: this :: to :: toe :: tv :: was :: who :: wishSource: imdb.com
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Mother and daughter feuds make for reams in print; they also make for reams of inaccuracies: the greatest inaccuracy is the feud itself. It takes two to feud and I`m not one of them. I only wish the best for Tina. - in reference to the ongoing fued betwee...
Joan Crawford
Keywords: also :: and :: best :: between :: daughter :: feud :: feuds :: for :: fued :: greatest :: herse :: in :: inaccuracies :: inaccuracy :: is :: it :: itself :: make :: mother :: not :: of :: one :: ongoing :: only :: print :: reams :: reference :: takes :: the :: them :: they :: tina :: to :: two :: wishSource: imdb.com
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I can`t imagine being somebody else. And anything I play, my reference is completely from the planet Showbusiness. I don`t know anything about anybody else, people that I`ve known all my life - my family, my brothers - I don`t know... I only know about me...
Christopher Walken
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[joking reference to her husband, Hume Cronyn] When he`s late for dinner, I know he`s either having an affair or is lying dead in the street, I always hope it`s the street.
Jessica Tandy
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[speaking in 1999] "Most people don`t get called a queen. I appreciate the reference and that I`ve gotten to be part of people`s lives. But now I have to make a new title for myself. That diva thing is getting a little used."
Donna Summer
Keywords: 1999 :: and :: appreciate :: be :: but :: called :: diva :: don :: for :: get :: getting :: gotten :: have :: in :: is :: little :: lives :: make :: most :: myself :: new :: now :: of :: part :: people :: queen :: reference :: speaking :: that :: the :: thing :: title :: to :: used :: veSource: imdb.com
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When I got a lap dance, because I was 17, they had to put a massive pillow between me and the girl when she was grinding me. It was weird, yet pleasurable. In reference to working on the film _Girl Next Door, The (2004)_.
Emile Hirsch
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[with reference to climbing volcanos while filming Congo (1995)].. I smoke two packs of Marlboros a day, which doesn`t go well with volcanos
Tim Curry
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The older I get, the more I`m prepared to do things for the money - a reference to stereotypes of minorities in the movies
Naveen Andrews
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I spend a few minutes in meditation and prayer each morning. I find that this really helps me to start the day with a good frame of reference. As part of my prayers, I thank whoever is helping me - I`m sure that somebody or something is - I express gratit...
Jim Henson
Keywords: and :: as :: day :: each :: express :: few :: find :: for :: frame :: good :: gratitude :: helping :: helps :: in :: is :: me :: meditation :: minutes :: morning :: my :: of :: or :: part :: prayer :: prayers :: really :: reference :: somebody :: something :: spend :: start :: sure :: thank :: that :: the :: this :: to :: whoever :: withSource: imdb.com
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[In reference to Macaulay Culkin] I remember when they handed out the Oscars in 1927; I was Home Alone, too!
Bob Hope
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I don`t understand the mandate of being together forever. The idea that you should do that is wrong. It makes us slaves to a societal mandate. You can still love, but it doesn`t mean you have to be tethered to the flesh [His reference on marriage]. [9.14....
Wesley Snipes
Keywords: 14 :: 97 :: be :: being :: but :: can :: do :: doesn :: don :: flesh :: forever :: have :: his :: idea :: is :: it :: love :: makes :: mandate :: marriage :: mean :: of :: on :: reference :: should :: slaves :: societal :: still :: tethered :: that :: the :: to :: together :: toron :: understand :: us :: wrong :: youSource: imdb.com
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[In reference to the Academy Awards] It`s wonderful to be here in person. I couldn`t be here in spirit, so I`m here in person.
Bob Hope
