Maureen O'Hara Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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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“There is nothing worse than having your personal problems become somebody else's entertainment.”
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“I'm terrified about the day that I enter the gates of heaven and God says to me, just a minute.”
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“Speaking as an actress, I wish all actors would be more like Duke Wayne. And speaking as a person, it would be nice if all people could be honest and as genuine as he is. This is a real man.”
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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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“How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?”
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“Empathy provides more than just information about relationships. It is an expression of being in relationship. It is not just a means to better healing relationship, but because it recenters relationship as a central organizing feature of psychic life, empathy itself is healing. The experience of being known and accepted deeply by another, being aware of another being aware of you, what Jordan calls "mutual empathy".”
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“I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.”
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“God has a most wicked sense of humor.”
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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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“Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman.”
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“To be part of the creation, I must act humbly. I'll take that over a goddess any day!”
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“I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter.”
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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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“I'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.”
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“I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart.”
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“Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.”
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“In the beginning it was all black and white.”
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“My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.”
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“Working with Ty Power was exciting. In those days, he was the biggest romantic swashbuckler in the world. Murderously handsome! But what I loved most about Ty Power was his wicked sense of humor.”
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“When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god.”
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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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“As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.”
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“In February 1953, I was making a second picture with Jeff Chandler, one called War Arrow. Jeff was a real sweetheart, but acting with him was like acting with a broomstick.”
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“I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11.”
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“Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them.”
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“I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for.”
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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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