- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
New Quotes
On fresh starts, new cities and beginning again.
Many of the quotes here trace what's new: a new city, a new circle of people, a new chapter after school. Several reflect specifically on relocating and adjusting to a very different pace of life. For more on that theme, see our City quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love all things crafty. I love to make jewelry. I love to cut up old clothes and turn them into something new. I love projects like transforming a busted table into a shiny new table. I'm really into restoration and little side projects.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been awhile. My Oscar is getting kind of tarnished. I looked at it a couple of years ago and thought I really needed a new one.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 19, I took a train from Houston to New York, and I had in my lap the collected works of William Shakespeare. The play I read on that journey was 'Titus Andronicus.'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left my career in Hollywood, moved back to New York, and went to Lee Strasberg and studied with him for the rest of his life.
- New Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always learning and trying new things. When you stop learning, you start dying.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not an immigrant - I was born and raised in New York. My parents are Puerto Rican, and Puerto Rico is a part of the U.S., for the people that don't know. So my whole life, I've identified as an American. There are times when I've gone to Puerto Rico, and there, I'm seen as the American cousin.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you get divorced in New York, you go into therapy and will talk to anybody you meet on the sidewalk about it.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm drawn to New England because that's where my roots are, and I miss it. I come from many generations of New Englanders, and so, in my writing, I've been drawn back there to the landscape and the light and the type of personality that's revealed.
- Certain Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get.
- Brains
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our brains have the ability to reorganize themselves by forming new neural connections throughout our lives. This ability is called neuroplasticity.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be an objective leader means aligning your models with the needs of the organization. There is no question anymore that collaboration, seeking out diverse perspectives and developing new ways to look at challenges and opportunities, is a key leadership competency.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 1940s, I was doing something called the Equity Library Theater in New York, when a movie company came to see the play I was in and offered me a contract. But the deal was, my nose was too big and they wanted me to have surgery. My jaw was crooked, and I'd have to have that fixed, too. And they didn't like my name; it was too common.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are always looking for something new and something to latch on to and to back something from an early stage.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dressing up and doing photo shoots was a side of the industry I really didn't think I would like. But now I've got a glam squad; I love trying on new outfits and experimenting with different looks.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020