"Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo."

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Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Mary Pickford

#Movie Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Venus Quotes

“I've always thought that art is a lie, an interesting lie. And I'll sort of listen to the "lie" and try to imagine the world which makes that lie true...what that world must be like, and what would have to happen for us to get from this world to that one.”
“As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just work, and also be true to yourself.”
“Did I love what I was doing, or did I love myself in doing it?”
“Forgiving is not forgetting. Forgiving is remembering without pain.”
“I was the perfect candidate. America had their chance with the perfect candidate.”
“Competence is a big word. It is important. I almost want to nuance it with the idea of giftedness because sometimes you can teach a lot of skills on exposition but a person may not have the competence or the giftedness to do it. Therefore, it is very important to have that.”
“If I'm working on one thing, then that's all that there is going on, and there's no such thing as a side project to me. It's 100 percent.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Let me tell you girls the three most important things I learned about life: Number one: Hold fast to your friends; number two: There's no such thing as security; and number three: Don't go see 'Ishtar.'”

Source : "The Golden Girls". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1985 - 1992.

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