Ruth Gordon Quotes

• Courage is like a muscle; it is strengthened by use.

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• Max: Say, is it too early for a drink? Polly: What’s early about it? It’s tomorrow in Europe and yesterday in China.

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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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• 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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• To be somebody you must last.

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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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• Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.

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• The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

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• Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

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Ruth Gordon (9)

Birth:	30th October, 1896
Death:	28th August, 1985
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Writer

About

Ruth Gordon Jones, better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her film roles such as Minnie Castevet, Rosemary's overly solicitous neighbor in Rosemary's Baby, as the eccentric Maude in Harold and Maude and as the mother of Orville Boggs in the Clint Eastwood film Every Which Way but Loose.

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