Quotes with make-believe

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  • Anna Held I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.
    Anna Held
    Polish-born stage performer and singer (1872 - 1918)
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne I wonder that we Americans love our country at all, it having no limits and no oneness; and when you try to make it a matter of the heart, everything falls away except one's native State; -neither can you seize hold of that, unless you tear it out of the Union, bleeding and quivering.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Anne Stevenson I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • Arne Duncan I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at the back end. I grew up with a lot of players who had very, very tough lives after the ball started bouncing for them. And that's why I'm going to continue to fight.
    Arne Duncan
    American civil servant (1964 - )
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  • Brooke Shields I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • W. M. Thackeray I would rather make my name than inherit it.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Rabbi Harold S. Kushner I would rather think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to come together and make sense.
    Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
    American rabbi (1935 - )
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  • George Orwell I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Brooke Elliott I'd love to go back to Broadway; I'd love to do animation; I'd love to do hair and make-up campaigns because I love hair and makeup - and, I'd love to do film. I mean, there are a lot of doors I'd love to open up!
    Brooke Elliott
    American actress and singer (1974 - )
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  • Bette Midler I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
    Bette Midler
    American singer, songwriter, actress and comedian (1945 - )
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  • Walt Disney I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.
    Walt Disney
    American producer (1901 - 1966)
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  • Bill Parcells I'll call somebody 'dumb' or 'stupid' if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don't know any other word for it, and if they don't like the word, that's too bad.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Tallulah Bankhead I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me.
    Tallulah, Darling: A Biography of Tallulah Bankhead (1980)
    Tallulah Bankhead
    American actress (1902 - 1968)
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  • Mario Puzo I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
    The Godfather
    Mario Puzo
    American author, screenwriter and journalist (1920 - 1999)
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  • Donald Trump I'm a bit of a P. T. Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Al Goldstein I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that.
    Al Goldstein
    American pornographer (1936 - 2013)
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  • Burn Gorman I'm a film buff and I was keen to find out about the response to Daniel Craig's 007. 'Empire' and 'Hot Dog' had great reviews, and finally he's been accepted as the new Bond. So many millions go into that franchise that if you make a mistake, it's awful.
    Burn Gorman
    British actor and musician (1974 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard I'm a little Type A, and I have this really thick binder whenever I do a movie where I make a million notes, and in between takes, I'm checking it out.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Bill Goldberg I'm a professional athlete. I've been paid since I was in my early 20s to go out there and fight with guys who were 40 or 50 pounds heavier than I am and fight for my life. I got into a business where people make decisions based on some of the most stupid things.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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