"My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he knows what is at stake in whatever decision he makes."

-- Leon Kass

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“I'm a straight lady, the best in Hollywood. There is an art to playing the straight role. You must build up your man, but never top him, never steal the laughs.”
“After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already played the best there was.”

Source : "Her brilliant career" by Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2004.
“I don't want to pursue someone at all - I want someone to pursue me.”
“...boredom was as exhausting as backbreaking labor.”

Source : Jung Chang (2008). “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China”, p.432, Simon and Schuster
“Sometimes we deliberate - for example when we plan a long trip or - if we are not math wizards - when we solve long division problems. However, if we deliberated every time we acted we would never get through the day. Most of the time, we act for reasons without deliberation. I am not just talking about cases of simple, habitual action, like brushing your teeth, but also about more sophisticated action.”
“I learned that along with the towering achievements of the cultures of ancient Greece and China there stood the culture of Africa, unseen and denied by the imperialist looters of Africa's material wealth.”

Source : Paul Robeson (1998). “Here I Stand”, p.35, Beacon Press
“Wolfhounds helped kill off the wolves in Ireland.”
“If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a film, theatre doesn't cross my mind.”

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