Diane Keaton turns 70!

Actress and style icon Diane Keaton turns 70 today. Keaton is known for her starring role in some of the greatest films of the 1970s, including The Godfather series and, with Woody Allen, in Annie Hall and Manhattan. In the 1980s, she continued her career in Baby Boom and The Father of the Bride. Here are eleven vocabulary words from quotes from Diane Keaton, from both her movies and memoirs.
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  1. novice
    someone new to a field or activity
    Of course I recognized myself in the roles [Woody Allen] wrote. I mean, in "Annie Hall" particularly. I was this sort of novice who had lots of feelings but didn't know how to express herself, and I see that in Annie. I think Woody used a kind of essential quality that he found in me at that time, and I'm glad he did because it worked really well in the movie.
  2. vanity
    feelings of excessive pride
    When I was younger I had these enormous vanities about what I expected from myself. I'm glad to have a comfortable and fascinating life, but now I see it for what it is, so I can be braver and more spontaneous...
  3. submerge
    cover completely or make imperceptible
    Mary Wilke: I was tired of submerging my identity to a very brilliant, dominating man. He's a genius.
    Isaac Davis: Oh really, he was a genius, Helen's a genius and Dennis is a genius. You know a lot of geniuses, y'know. You should meet some stupid people once in a while, y'know, you could learn something.
    - From Manhattan, a film by Woody Allen
  4. misanthropy
    hatred of mankind
    He was given to fits of rage... self-righteous misanthropy, and nihilistic moods of despair. He had complaints about life but never any solutions. He longed to be an artist but balked at the necessary sacrifices. In his most private moments, he spoke of his fear of death, which he elevated to tragic heights when in fact it was mere narcissism.
    -from Mahattan, a film by Woody Allen
  5. nihilistic
    relating to a complete rejection of moral values and beliefs
    He was given to fits of rage...self-righteous misanthropy, and nihilistic moods of despair. He had complaints about life but never any solutions. He longed to be an artist but balked at the necessary sacrifices. In his most private moments, he spoke of his fear of death, which he elevated to tragic heights when in fact it was mere narcissism.
    - from Manhattan, a film by Woody Allen
  6. narcissism
    an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
    He was given to fits of rage... self-righteous misanthropy, and nihilistic moods of despair. He had complaints about life but never any solutions. He longed to be an artist but balked at the necessary sacrifices. In his most private moments, he spoke of his fear of death, which he elevated to tragic heights when in fact it was mere narcissism.
    -from Manhattan, a film by Woody Allen
  7. eccentric
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
    I've always loved independent women, outspoken women, eccentric women, funny women, flawed women. When someone says about a woman, 'I'm sorry, that's just wrong,' I tend to think she must be doing something right.
  8. fleeting
    lasting for a markedly brief time
    Permanence can only be found in the immortality offered by the click of a camera. Like it or not, life moves on as fleetingly as the photograph is enduring.
  9. modicum
    a small or moderate or token amount
    Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with the absurdity of it all.
  10. benign
    pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence
    Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with the absurdity of it all.
  11. graceful
    characterized by beauty of movement, style, or form
    We can grow gracefully, or gorgeously. I pick both.
Created on Tue Jan 05 10:48:45 EST 2016 (updated Tue Jan 05 12:56:14 EST 2016)

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