Ruth Gordon Quotes
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In our family we don't divorce our men - we bury them.
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Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.
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When you finally learn how to do it, you're too old for the good parts.
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Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.
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I'm sure the way to be happy is to live well beyond your means!
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Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, and you'll probably make it through the next one.
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If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on a blueprint, and don't face facts-what can stop you? If I don't make it today, I'll come in tomorrow.
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The good that men do lives after them.
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Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs.
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Vice, virtue - it's best not to be too moral. You'll cheat yourself out of too much life.
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Try something new each day. After all, we're given life to find it out. It doesn't last forever.
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Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.
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Acting is the use of human experience with talent added.
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Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.
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A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life.
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If you're thinking of becoming a critic, why not make other plans?
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Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.
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Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then youre bound to live life fully.
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I think there is one smashing rule: never face the facts.
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To be somebody, you must last.
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Don't face the facts.
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So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?
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In the old days, ptomaine poisoning was a cover-all. If you missed a show and you were young, it meant you were having an abortion. If you were old, it meant you were having a face lift.
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Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it!
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The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.
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Do people get moral when they don't get ahead?
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Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.
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I never got a job I didn't create for myself.
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To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never face the facts.
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Live long enough and you'll come into pensions, a lovely thing. Presents every month from people you didn't know cared.
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