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
BEATRICE WOODYes, because when you’re in love, you are shy.
More Beatrice Wood Quotes
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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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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Do be true to yourself, whether it’s bad doesn’t matter. The important thing – you have to copy while you’re studying.
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There’s so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else.
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Well, I don’t go out much socially. I don’t enjoy going out.
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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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I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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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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Yes, because when you’re in love, you are shy.
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
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But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
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