- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.
- Component
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to love to untangle chains when I was a child. I had thin, busy fingers, and I never gave up. Perhaps there was a psychiatric component to my concentration but like much of my psychic damage, this worked to everyone's advantage.
- Innocent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else. I'll never forget the wrenching days I spent in Haiti last year for Save the Children just weeks after the earthquake.
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would never presume to give anyone advice.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been overexposed or in people's faces, although there are some who argue that in the late '70s and early '80s, I was played a lot!
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as k. d. lang is concerned, she grew up devouring my music. She sent me a song when she was 8 years old, and she says I never wrote back.
- Motivation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020