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I'm a New Yorker, and working in New York was divine for me. I loved working there and going to work there, which I've been able to do three or four times in my career, and I just love it. It's my favorite.

Ali MacGraw

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Ali MacGraw
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 1
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I was really involved with other people's opinions of me, and it got heightened during my film career. I don't have any opinion, good or bad about it, it just was. It's not the way I feel now, and I think yoga has a lot to do with that.
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I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.
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My ex-husband happens to be one of the most gifted moviemakers. And what is so bizarre about working with someone like that? I guess it is bizarre to be good friends with your ex-husband.
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There's so much craziness that comes along with being a movie star that you can get so confused. Unless you've spent your whole life waiting to be the centre of attention, it's pretty terrifying.
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Cruelty to animals can become violence to humans.
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It's been my experience that the longer I do yoga, the more I want to know, the more I am able to understand and the less judgmental I am.
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Here's what I had: I had the arrogance of saying I'd like to be in a 'good' movie, so in fact, when I was hot, I turned down a lot of stuff because I didn't think I wanted to watch it.
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I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.
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When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.'
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I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.
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Am I going to be able to be the person I want to be in this relationship?
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There are so many kinds of love, and they're all very intense for me.
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I'm much more famous than I am rich, but I'm able to scale back my lifestyle. I know a lot of people who were where I was who can't imagine living any simpler, but I haven't got a lot of expensive wants.
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People tell me that I am well-grounded. I am sane in the New England sense of the word.
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I think something will soon have to be done to protect people from hacking and blogging and lying and spreading rumors and chasing you down the street. Lives are wrecked that way.
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I had a romantic, 'Aren't I a good girl?' take on divorce, but the truth is that was stupid.
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I want to be a person who makes a quiet difference.
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It's not so much what do I want to be doing in 15 years, it's how I want to be in 15 years.
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I had no real experience studying acting I came to it having done other things for a living for many, many years, and I have this gigantic respect for experience and technique.
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I have always felt that the way we treat animals is a pretty good indicator of the compassion we are capable of for the human race.
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