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'All the Stars in the Heavens' takes place during the golden age of Hollywood, around an imagined story about Loretta Young; Clark Gable; Alda, a young woman with a secret who is preparing to become a nun but is cast out of her convent; and the scenic artist she meets on the set of 'The Call of the Wild.' It's a big, lush historical novel.

~Adriana Trigiani

Topics: About Age Around Artist Become Big Call Cast Clark Clark Gable Convent Golden Golden Age Heavens Her Historical Hollywood Imagined Lush Meets Novel Nun Out Place Preparing Secret Set She Stars Story Takes Who Wild Woman Young Young Woman

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Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Convent Idleness Leisure Meditate Place Retirement Sin Who Wish Women

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I was in a convent for a year.

~Beatrice Wood

Topics: Convent Year

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Growing up in an old-fashioned Bengali Hindu family and going to a convent school run by stern Irish nuns, I was brought up to revere rules. Without rules, there was only anarchy.

~Bharati Mukherjee

Topics: Anarchy Bengali Brought Convent Family Going Growing Growing Up Hindu Irish Nuns Old-Fashioned Only Revere Rules Run School Stern Up Without

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My parents sent me from Venezuela to the Convent of Our Lady, a boarding school in Hastings, which was horrible - like Harry Potter without the magic. Sometimes we went into town, and if we were caught chewing gum in our uniform, members of the public would take down our names and report us to the school.

~Carmen Busquets

Topics: Boarding Boarding School Caught Chewing Chewing Gum Convent Down Gum Harry Harry Potter Horrible Lady Like Magic Me Members Names Our Parents Potter Public Report School Sent Sometimes Take Town Uniform Us Venezuela Were Which Without Would

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When you are Spanish girl, you got to grow up in a convent if you want to get married.

~Charo

Topics: Convent Get Get Married Girl Got Grow Grow Up Married Spanish Up Want You

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I'd love to play a femme fatale in a film noir. I'm thinking of one of those roles that Lauren Bacall or Bette Davis might have played. What I wouldn't like is to suddenly find myself being cast, as many senior actresses seem to be, as the abbess in a convent.

~Diana Quick

Topics: Actress Being Bette Bette Davis Cast Convent Davis Femme Femme Fatale Film Film Noir Find Lauren Like Love Many Might Myself Noir Play Played Roles Seem Senior Suddenly Thinking Those

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My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent.

~Elaine Stritch

Topics: Beyond Biggest Convent Discover Dream Get Heart Life Michigan Out Sacred

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Let me tell you about those convents. All that crap about extending the pinkie finger while sipping tea is a myth. Convent schools are breeding grounds for great broads and occasionally one-of-the-boys. Convent schools teach you to play against everything, which is what I'm still doing.

~Elaine Stritch

Topics: About Against Breeding Broad Convent Crap Doing Everything Extending Finger Great Grounds Me Myth Occasionally Play Schools Still Tea Teach Tell Those Which While You

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My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater.

~Ellen Pompeo

Topics: Aunt Came Convent Course Family Had Irish Kids Lived Me Mother New New York Nun Sister Spent Theater Time Took Uncle Who York

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