Maureen O'Hara Quotes
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The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men.
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I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for.
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A sense of belonging is a sine qua non of healthy psychological functioning everywhere. Such a sense, beginning in infancy and continuing throughout life, comes about by experiencing mutual empathy; by sensing oneself as part of a whole, which recognizes and accepts that one is a member.
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God has a most wicked sense of humor.
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Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them.
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I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don't understand why.
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Some time ago, I told Larry King that I planned to live to be 102. I still do.
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When I was young, I was told that I had a sulky, pouty face.
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John Wayne was one of the greatest ambassadors for the United States that ever lived.
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How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?
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Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman.
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When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god.
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Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.
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Being an Irishwoman means many things to me. An Irishwoman is strong and feisty. She has guts and stands up for what she believes in. She believes she is the best at whatever she does and proceeds through life with that knowledge. She can face any hazard that life throws her way and stay with it until she wins. She is loyal to her kinsmen and accepting of others. She's not above a sock in the jaw if you have it coming.
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I began to rationalize marrying Will [William Houston Price]. 'He comes from a good family. A girl could do worse.' (As it turned out, I couldn't, but I didn't know that yet.)
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I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?
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I saw myself as Joan of Arc.
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I really wanted to be an opera soprano.
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John Wayne is not just an actor, and a very fine actor - John Wayne is the United States of America.
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Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.
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It turns out that our notions of what a 'self' is and how it might feel fulfilled have no more objective status than most of the rest of reality. It seems we make ourselves up as we go along.
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I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.
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The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s.
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My whole life was foretold to me. An old Romany gypsy read my fortune.
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Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.
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I have never lost my faith in God.
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There is nothing worse than having your personal problems become somebody else's entertainment.
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I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart.
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I'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.
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John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.
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