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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.

Beatrice Wood

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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Acting Actresses Fascinating
I’m not too interested in books about India.
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Book India Interested
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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Important Matter Pearls
And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love.
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Believe Romantic Sex
I happen to believe that there is an afterlife
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Afterlife Believe Happens
Here in America we’re doing the most wonderful crafts
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Country Crafts Wonderful
I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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Finest Life Pieces
You can’t change the world, you can only change yourself.
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Change Changing World Yourself
But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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Charming Mother Unhappy
And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
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Art Usual Work
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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Energy Overcoming People
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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Inspire Life Thinking
But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.
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Art Country Theatre
Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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Persons Tramps Way
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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Another Come Contribute Each Once Pearl True
The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn’t mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.
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Mean Thinking Time
And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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Color Tone
First of all, I’d like to say here the fact that I’m not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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Facts Firsts Work
The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
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Art Bridge Country Plumbing
I was in a convent for a year.
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Convent Hope Years
Celibacy is exhausting.
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Celibacy Exhaust Sexuality
Yes, because when you’re in love, you are shy.
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Girls Love Most Stage Stuck
Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That’s just hot air.
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Air Inspiration People
But you can’t realize, you can’t know what another person goes through.
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Knows Persons Realizing
My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
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Happiness Life Mistake
I hang on to the statement of scientists that there is no time. Therefore, join me in telling everyone you are thirty-two. This allows me to go after young men and plan grabbing husbands from my girlfriends.
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Girlfriend Husband Men
I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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Adventure Danger Love

And then a great thing in my life was going to India.

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