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In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.

quote by Amy Irving
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The uncommon to be common

There are exceptions to rules.
When exceptions exceeds in use,
Rules relegate to exceptions
And exceptions stay as rules.

The uncommon one frequenting,
The common one is replaced
By the uncommon to be common.
Marriage is soon to be uncommon.
25.09.2010

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.

quote by Catherine Deneuve
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Beauty-See Beauty-Don't

There was in her face,
in the contours of her
beauty lines
a past smoothing out
which I could see
would match
her older photographs.

The older her
only hinted at
that prior
state.

But I took my time
to look at her
now past 55
to see
in that older landscape
what my eye
sought
in her face at twenty and five..

Could not the face
before me
be seen
on its own terms?

Where is that beauty
line between
beauty and non-beauty?

Is it the tightness of the skin
the twinkle in the eye,
healthy look or
non-healthy look?

What's true is that
my own Western
eye
can only see age;
not nobility;

only TV screen beauty-
not maturity.

But you know
there are a myriad of exceptions;

children don't see age
the same way we do

nor does most of the world.
What is going on here?

poem by Lonnie Hicks
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Hollywood will accept actresses playing ten years older, but actors can play ten years younger.

quote by Greta Scacchi
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What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that.

quote by Kathleen Turner
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Patience Given

Patience given,
To those dealing with their insecurities...
Have several exceptions!

Patience given to a child,
Learning when and how to use a toilet.
Patience given to a child,
Going to school for the first time.
Patience given to a child,
Learning how to share.
Patience given to a child,
When left with a babysitter.
Patience given to a child,
When learning the difference...
Between telling a lie and being honest.
Patience given to a child,
When being taught to be responsible.

Patience given,
To those dealing with their insecurities...
Have several exceptions!
Extenuating exceptions beyond the call of reason,
Requires one to ignore with an ability...
That preserves a peace of mind one wishes,
To keep and maintain undisturbed...
By those who are,
Disturbed by their expectations to be exceptions...
To the rule.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was in New York, and I was going to lots of auditions and trying to get parts, but even then, you're not really competing with the other actresses. There is a competition going on, but it's not like something you can win in that way.

quote by Annette Bening
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The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

quote by Edward R. Murrow
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The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. ... With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

quote by Edward R. Murrow
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Human beings, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for lending themselves to classification somewhere within neatly labelled categories. Even the outrageous exceptions may be classified as outrageous exceptions.

quote by W.J. Reichmann
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If I Was Older

you should have seen her she was about 17 and knew that i was to young but I knew she was the oneand if I was oldershe would be my girl and i would be her man there's no doubt I knew ther's no doubt
cause if i could be so older to her and give her everything that she wants everything that she wants but until then imma keep on thinking of ways to let this girl really know i gotta let her know
if I was older she would be my girl if I was older I'd give her the world ifnI was older I'd treat her like a queen if I was older always take her out if I was older always ice her out if I was older treat her like a queen if I was older
Now listenshe's so pretty (yea) If I was only (yea) a little bit older (yea) I would tell her (yea) that i like her (that I like her) really like her (really like her) and to me she's just a dime piece all of my friends think my friends think that im crazy to be in love with her the way that i do but they don't know what i do so until them i keep thinking of ways to let this girl really no i gotta let her know if I was older (if I was older) I'd treat her like a queen If I was older (older) if I was older (eyy)
If I was older I would always take her out if I was older always ice her out If I was older (older) and i gotta let her know (i gotta let her know) How i feel (how I feel)and i gotta let her know that love is real (and i gotta let her know its real) ohh ohh yea yea ohh ohh ohh un hun If I was older say she would be my girl
If I wsa older I'd treat her like a queen if I was older (older) If i was older I'd treat her like a queen If I was older always take her out (always take her out) If I was older always ice her out (keep her iced out)
If i was older treat her like a queen (treat her like a queen) If i was older say only If i was older only If i was older

song performed by by Corey from I'm Just Corey
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Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions.

quote by Nick Rahall
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An Old Tyre (Fun Poem 79)

Someone had discarded an old tyre.
It was all battered and worn.
As I stared at it, I wondered
of what journeys it had been on.
How far had it gone,
and if it had seen
some interesting places on its travels around?
That old tyre discarded on the ground.
When I think of the travels
we make in our car each day,
I bet that old tyre would have a lot to say.
However, it is abandoned,
no use to anyone.
When I looked the next day and the tyre was gone.
Overnight it must have stood up
and rolled along on more travels I presume.
Therefore, this ends the tale of an old tyre,
which was discarded on the ground.

14 May 2008

poem by David Harris
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In A Bowl

inside a bowl
sometimes i think
that it is the
only world where
the feasibility
of harmonious living
thrives

it is a small mass
with a personalized
scent

and when you
want it discarded
you simply need
to press
a handle

and then
everything is as clean
as they want it
to be

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Your Life Awards

Best ACTOR of your life is YOU!
Best ACTRESSES of your life is your FAMILY!
Best SUPPORTING ACTOR of your life is your PARTNER!
Best SUPPORTING ACTRESSES of your life is your FRIENDS!
Best DIRECTOR of your life is WISDOM!
Best PRODUCER of your life is YOU!
Best CREATOR OF ALL TIMES of your life is GOD!

poem by Thabo Rasego
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Exceptions

Exceptions...
Are dispensed all the time.
By those in positions,
Given authority to be selective...
To change what has already been defined.

Exceptions are granted...
Depending on the excuses,
Others can find.
And awarded they are,
To those with the same frame of mind.
With a forgiving of whatever it is that is done.
Or whomever has become affected,
By the one who has been accepted...
As an exception to overlook.

To then be regarded as a 'slight' imperfection,
Others with equal flaws and blemishes...
Would have long ago been rejected.
To experience shame and a life lived in regret.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Not Counting You

When loving turns to parting
Im always the first to leave
Cause when it comes to heartaches
Id rather give than to receive
Ive never cried myself to sleep
Just praying Ill get through
Ive never lost at love not counting you
(chorus)
Not counting you Ive never had a heartache
Not counting you I never have been blue
Theres no exceptions to the rule
Ive never been nobodys fool
Ive never lost at love not counting you
Ive never got down on my knees
And asked the lord above
If he would only bring to me
The one Im dreaming of
Begging to be taken back
And swearing Ill be true
Has never crossed my mind not counting you
*chorus*
Theres no exceptions to the rule
Ive never been nobodys fool
Ive never lost at love not counting you
Theres no exceptions to the rule
Ive never been nobodys fool
Ive never lost at love not counting you
No, Ive never lost at love not counting you

song performed by by Garth Brooks
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Goals.....

it is not a question anymore
of whether i am in or out

or whether i am acceptable
or disgusting

it is the passion that works now
automated,

it does not consider anything
outside itself

it is burning to eternity
it lights

and whatever darkness is there
it disappears

and those who had seen what is happening
within

and of course no one really bothers
simply considers it as

a form of routine
something that must be discarded because it can be the source
of envy

as

imagine, this, as other lights face
and die

as the darkness of their hearts win
you continue to shine

glossy in the universe
like a new born galaxy

whirling faster away from them
who until now

cannot understand or

simply refuse to because they do not have it

there is no inkling
nothing to speak

out there new stars come out
exploding

ordinary men continue
to tarry on what is not important

like building a house for their future
when it is not there yet

where is it? it is here
that is the perfect hint so far.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Getting Older

it's nine o'clock
i'm getting tired
i'm sick of all my records
and the clothes i bought today
am i cracking up
or just getting older?

staying in
i can't be bothered
making conversation
with the friends that i don't know
am i cracking up
or just getting older?

and i bet that this is how life
turns out when you're finally grown
and you know if this my life
sit around all day on my own

i'm halfway up to the bottom
of another bottle
of my next best favourite friend
am i cracking up
or just getting older?
you're not cracking up
you're just getting older
we're not cracking up
we're just getting older

song performed by by Oasis
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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What Will I Teach For A Start

this semester is about to begin
another set of faces meet me in this
closed classroom, these students who swear
they want to be good lawyers

ambitious minds
their tongues in cheek
their mouths pocketing some
ancient motives
how to get rich quickly with the law on their fingertips
how to move ahead and pin the rest at dead-end streets
of their finicky, cunning, twist and turns of logic and
fraudulent flings

at their age of suspicion
they look at me with a scrutiny
this demi-god must teach
where the pot of gold lies where the rainbow ends
the map must be laid
the details verified correctly on the spot

the rules and exceptions
the exceptions to the exceptions
the laws of property and family relations

there is no law about who gets hurt
or who gets killed in the process
there is only the law of winning
the code of the loser is simply not found here

today, as an introduction
i will lay them the true cards of the study
for a start

everything starts with the rule on compassion
the code of humanity
the true law is love, and mercy and verisimilitude

the palimpsest shall be presented
i draw the shape of their hearts drenched with blood
they also must learn the value of hope
the art of patience
the devotion to the law
and fidelity to the truth

there shall be no disgust
no schemes to defeat the other by guile and ruses

i will teach love
and they may laugh for a while
afterwhich they can search some more
and be fragile like this white chalk
crumpling to the solid blackboard
questing for correct answers
this legal truth
from moral ones torn apart
in a wide chasm

by all means they can justify as the days go by
why they must love the law why they must be human too

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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