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Claudette Colbert was not Hollywood's greatest beauty, but her trim little figure, round, kitten-like face, and obviously intelligent good humor made her a bit of a sex symbol, much to her own surprise. By 1934 she'd adopted the hairstyle she kept for life: a short, auburn bob with a fringe of bangs. Although a partygoer and social animal, Claudette was also known as a tough-as-nails professional, overseeing her lighting and camera angles. Her right profile was known as "the dark side of the moon," and scenes had to be staged so as not to show it. She was also self-conscious about her short neck - directing her in a 1956 TV show, Noël Coward reportedly snapped, "If only Claudette Colbert had a neck, I'd wring it!" "When it comes to details, I'm a horror," she admitted cheerfully, though downplaying the profile story. "Why not have your good side showing? ~ Eve Golden
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There were giants striding the screen in the 1930s and '40s: four actresses so talented, hardworking and versatile that they became laws unto themselves. Joan Crawford and Bette Davis have also become high-camp figures of fun, as they both had such wildly theatrical offscreen lives, and their performances could sometimes veer into self-parody. But Barbara Stanwyck and Claudette Colbert stand the test of time in each and every film: our memories of them are not overshadowed by scandals or vituperative daughters. One rarely sees a Stanwyck or Colbert drag queen. But these ladies were fully the equal - sometimes the superior - of Davis and Crawford. ~ Eve Golden
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Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair. ~ Claudette Colbert
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Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them. ~ Claudette Colbert
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You have no idea what a long-legged gal can do without doing anything. ~ Claudette Colbert
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The casting couch? There's only one of us who ever made it to stardom without it, and that was Bette Davis. ~ Claudette Colbert
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I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody. ~ Claudette Colbert
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Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb. ~ Claudette Colbert
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Morris Weissman [on the phone, discussing casting for his movie]: What about Claudette Colbert? She's British, isn't she? She sounds British. Is she, like, affected or is she British? ~ Julian Fellowes
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It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it. ~ Claudette Colbert
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In 1990 [Claudette Colbert] wished Vanity Fair readers "a fabulous new decade. I'm praying to make it to 2000. After all, I'll only be 97." She didn't quite make it. ~ Eve Golden
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Bette Davis, she was so brilliant and one of my heroes, but she worked a ton, and then she didn't get All About Eve [1950] until the last minute. Claudette Colbert was supposed to be Margo Channing, but then she broke her back and couldn't do it. That allowed Davis to play her age. ~ Winona Ryder
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I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy - period. ~ Claudette Colbert
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I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I. ~ Claudette Colbert
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Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother. ~ Claudette Colbert
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I was a fan of "The Daily Show" I watched it,I never imagined being on it, but I figured I would just go down there and do my best Stephen Colbert impression. ~ Aasif Mandvi
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Can't wait for tomorrow when I get to exercise my patriotic duty as an American: Complaining about how long it's taking to VOTE. ~ Stephen Colbert
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The skinnification of America's jeanscape has gone too far. ~ Stephen Colbert
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Divorce is marital welfare.It's just couples asking society to bail them out because they didn't do enough research before they got married. ~ Stephen Colbert
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The more you know, the sadder you get. ~ Stephen Colbert
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If someone spreads hate then they're not your religious leader. ~ Stephen Colbert
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It's much better to invite the audience to be part of your show rather than saying, "I command you to do this." The other thing is, you have to follow through. If you initiate a game and they take part, you can't stop until it reaches a mutually satisfying resolution. ~ Stephen Colbert
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I started off at the Second City in Chicago ... It's an improvisational theater that ostensibly does social and political satire, but when I was there, we generally didn't. We did character work, and we did just the silliest things we could think of. We weren't all that concerned with, you know, changing the world through mime. ~ Stephen Colbert
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A mother needs to be in the home even when the kids aren't. A messy house sends a coded message to children: I'm not loveable. Otherwise Mother would dust. ~ Stephen Colbert
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Atheism: the religion devoted to the worship of one's own smug sense of superiority. ~ Stephen Colbert
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Letter 4

As I lay dreaming, Montezuma introduced himself and put his hand on my shoulder. The palm of the Aztec king felt like ancient papyrus.
When I looked up at him, I saw that his nose was chipped like that of a sphinx. His arms were like long ivory ropes that frayed into hands.
He led me down to the river, where we sat together and shared the river's silence. Then he spoke:
„Allow me to tell you my story. It may help you understand your own.
At dusk, in the year of one thousand rivers, the Spanish explorer Cortés arrived at the gates of my city. I welcomed him with open arms.
I showed Cortés hundreds of aviaries that had built in the city, and finally I took him to the most aviary of sighs. These birds carried only love letters.
Cortes laughed and said that all the bird songs made him feel like a virgin bride who is drunk with faith as she walks down the aisle of the church. On her wedding night, she undresses for her husband and he takes her in his arms. She believes everything is possible.
When Cortés stared straight into my eyes and said 'It is a night that is always colored in blood'." He paused for a long time before he spoke. Then he said, „Cortés returned with a small army of soldiers on horseback. When they ransacked the city, I was Cortes's own hand that lit the torch that set fire to the aviary of sighs.
The fires raged. The birds painted the blue sky black with the ashes of their wings. The gardens were redde ~ Gregory Colbert
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Yes, helping the poor helps keep them stuck in poverty. As Jesus said, 'Tough love thy neighbor as thyself, get your own loaves and fishes.'
Stephen Colbert ~ Stephen Colbert
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Opinions are like demo tapes. I don't want to hear yours ~ Stephen Colbert
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I've been accused of being unambitious, but what I do takes up every minute. I'm executive producer, I'm a writer and the host. ~ Stephen Colbert
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The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing. ~ Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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When my car runs out of gas, I buy a new one. I don't want to ride around in a quitter. ~ Stephen Colbert
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I hold a little fundraiser every day. Its called going to work. ~ Stephen Colbert
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Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world. ~ Bonnie Raitt
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Am I proud of being straight? No. You know why? Because if I start acting proud, that's going to make me seem kind of gay. ~ Stephen Colbert
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A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God? ~ Stephen Colbert
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Good satire goes beyond the specific point it's trying to make and teaches you how to think critically. Even after your favorite cartoonist retires or [Stephen] Colbert wraps it up, you're not left believing everything they're telling you. ~ Aaron McGruder
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For me, improvisation is about working with a partner. That is much easier to do in the interview, because you have a sounding board. ~ Stephen Colbert
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Oh sure, its fine when a monkey does it. But when I throw barrels at an Italian plumber, they call it a hate crime! ~ Stephen Colbert
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Make no mistake: I love women. I'm married to one, I was birthed by one, and I played one in my high school production of 'Romeo and Juliet.' No one else could fit into the bodice. ~ Stephen Colbert
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I love the truth. It's the facts I'm not a fan of. ~ Stephen Colbert
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I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes. ~ Stephen Colbert
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If you are a hermaphrodite, it is physically impossible to be gay. ~ Stephen Colbert
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I believe gender is a spectrum, and I fall somewhere between Channing Tatum and Winnie the Pooh. ~ Stephen Colbert
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I have invented nothing. I have simply documented a magical alchemy that I want to share. ~ Gregory Colbert
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Letter 68


A pod of whales was lying like long reclining Buddhas on the sea.
My sister and I put our ears to the bottom of the boat so we could listen to their songs.

We turned to my grandfather and asked, "What do their song mean?"

"The whales do not sing because they have an answer," he said.
"They sing because they have a song. ~ Gregory Colbert
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I knew then and I know now that, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, "This is not right.

- Claudette Colvin ~ Phillip Hoose
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If someone does offer you a job, say 'yes.' You can always quit later. Then at least you'll be one of the unemployed as opposed to one of the never-employed. Nothing looks worse on a resume than nothing. ~ Stephen Colbert
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After nearly 15 minutes of soul searching, I have heard the call. Nation, I will seek the office of the president of the United States. I am doing it! ~ Stephen Colbert
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I deliver my Truth hot and hard. ~ Stephen Colbert
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Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand. ~ Nancy Pelosi
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I've always been a big fan of beauty. Sure, you can't judge a book by its cover but who wants to have sex with a book? ~ Stephen Colbert
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If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it. ~ Stephen Colbert
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It's official. Highway patrolmen are not susceptible to the Jedi Mind Trick. ~ Stephen Colbert
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I hope people'll find out pretty quickly that the guy they saw for 10 years was my sense of humor the whole time. ~ Stephen Colbert
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I like talking about people who don't have any power and it seems like some of the least powerful people in the United States are the migrant workers who come and do our work and don't have any rights as a result. And yet we still invite them to come here, and at the same time ask them to leave. ~ Stephen Colbert
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The truthiness is, anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news 'at' you. ~ Stephen Colbert
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Both 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report,' you're working with the best. When you work with the best, you have to raise your game. If you're working with people who are sub par, you're not forced to give 100 percent because you can get by on 80 percent. ~ Nate Corddry
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Women don't want all that. Women just want a partner who is considerate and attentive, who will spoon with them while reciting Keats, and feed them organic yogurt by candlelight on a seaside cliff at sunset. ~ Stephen Colbert
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I spent my first two years at a small all-male college in Virginia called Hampden-Sydney. That was like going to college 120 years ago. The languages, a year of rhetoric, all of the great books, Western Man courses, stuff like that. ~ Stephen Colbert
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If you don't give power to the words that people throw at you to hurt you, they don't hurt you anymore. And you actually have power over those people. ~ Stephen Colbert
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I used to play a narcissistic conservative pundit. Now I'm just a narcissist. ~ Stephen Colbert
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