"I wanted to be a tragedienne. I only wanted sad parts. When mother read the press notices when I was on the road, saying I was a 'comedienne,' the tears rolled down my cheeks. I thought comedians had to have black on their faces, or red beards..."

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

Dorothy Gish

#Mother Quotes #Black Quotes #Comedian Quotes

“The format of the nightly newscasts is still very much 1981 "Tremble, onlookers! I am the anchorman and now here is a miracle: a report by satellite from many thousands of miles away. I will return to introduce another one in due course.”

Source : "As Rather signs off 'Evening News,' the 'voice of God' anchor era ends" by Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, March 09, 2005.
“I try to be athletic.”
“I don't believe in God, but I miss him.”
“I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me than sitting in a theater and feeling a lot of people losing control of themselves.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“The abortion cases produced an enormous amount of mail to my chambers, vastly more than to the other chambers, I am sure. I sometimes thought there wasn't a woman in the United States who didn't write me a letter on one side or the other of that issue.”
“There is real beauty in my eyes when I lose my mind.”
“I never even visualized for a second doing what I'm doing.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me is that if it's nasty, I then have to go and have a look, even though actually I don't want to know.”

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