The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
BEATRICE WOODYou see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.
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Hardships and handicaps can…stimulate our energy to survive them. You’ll find if you study the lives of people who’ve accomplished things, it’s often been done with the help of great willpower in overcoming this and that.
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Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
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And culture is – each of us – is like one pearl added to another to make a chain. We each contribute to the other. And that’s all right. But once you’re on your own, do that which comes from within. And I feel this very strongly.
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You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
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I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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You know, God, the power that makes life, whatever it is, had just to make two things, masculine and feminine, for all this mischief. And made them so there is this entirely different point of view about love and sex
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
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