"customary interruptions are not only gratifying and cheering, but they are also really necessary in order to gain breath and voice to carry one on through some violent exertions; though after all it must be confessed that silence is the most flattering applause an Actor can receive."

-- Sarah Siddons

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“You must see yourself run the race over and over, time and time again. You must put yourself in critical positions and see how you would react in those positions before the race so when and if they do happen, the feedback is automatic.”
“I stand on principle where many people stand on money.”

Source : "Paula Abdul Says She's Considering A Talk Show". TV Guide Interview, www.mtv.com. August 31, 2009.
“I don't like gourmet cooking or 'this' cooking or 'that' cooking. I like good cooking.”
“And I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could make me feel so good.”
“An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.”
“Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence.”
“One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can't be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality - Ubuntu - you are known for your generosity. We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole World. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.”
“Honey, I just forgot to duck.”

Source : Quoted in N.Y. Times, 20 Feb. 1927. Said to his wife after losing the world heavyweight boxing championship to Gene Tunney, 23 Sept. 1926. President Ronald W. Reagan joked to his wife, "Honey, I forgot to duck!" after John Hinckley tried to assassinate him 30 Mar. 1981.

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