Shirley MacLaine Quotes

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The loss of magic is the denial of unlimited possibility.

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The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.

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When things get rough, a breakthrough is just on the other side of the pain.

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Maybe the tragedy of the human race was that we had forgotten we were each Divine.

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Hollywood always had a streak of the totalitarian in just about everything it did. The old moguls were essentially hard-fisted authoritarians who had created a system of linked dictatorships to control the creative people. We were supposed to be the children; mad, tempestuous, brilliant, talented, not terribly smart children.

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We humans should never forget our capacity to connect with the collective spirit of animals. Their energy is essential to our future growth.

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New York is the perfect town for getting over a disappointment, a loss, or a broken heart.

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Bonding through dependence never works, whereas bonding through freedom always does.

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None of this is a matter of life and death. It is much more important than that.

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I've made so many movies playing a hooker that they don't pay me in the regular way any more. They leave it on the dresser.

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We are not victims of the world we see. We are victims of the way we see the world.

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New York was the only city I knew in the world where you could be desperately lonely at nine in the morning, crossing the street for a bagel at Gristede's, and find that seven hours later you were drinking Irish coffee at P.J. Clarke's with all the friends you had inherited along the way.

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Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

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Fear is concealed in smiles and flashing teeth. 'Please say you still love me,' the kings and queens are really saying. And, when they fare badly, they return to their palaces and sleep fitfully.

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I do not see plays because I can nap at home for free, and I don't see movies because they're trash and they've got nothing but naked people in 'em, and I don't read books because if they're any good they're going to make them into mini-series.

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The illusion never really dissipates that you can lose twenty pounds in one night by cutting out dinner.

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No one ever really leaves Hollywood. No one really leaves unless they are called away by God. Even then, the impulse would be to come back again and make a movie about the experience.

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Ballet is the repetitive training of the body for the purpose of executing steps in traditional fashion. It is tied to and bound by the past. It is a disciplined beauty consciously preserved in the image of the old days in societies that were class-conscious and appreciative of elitist physical expertise.

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We feel the urge to tell the truth as we see it. But we should try to accomplish this without judgemental condemnations that hurt others. Again, when we remember that what we perceive in another is a reflection of ourselves, we become less judgemental. So when we freely express harsh judgement of another, we are in effect talking about those aspects of ourselves that trouble us the most.

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One individual is his or her own best teacher, and no other idol or false image should be worshiped or adored because the God we are all seeking lies inside oneself, not outside.

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In order to get to the fruit of the tree, you have to go out on a limb.

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The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

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Being a dancer meant you nearly always thought about food.

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To dance at all is to confront oneself. It is the art of honesty.

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If the talent or individuality is there, it should be expressed. If it doesn't find its way out into the air, it can turn inward and gnaw like the fox at the Spartan boy's belly.

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