Christina Hendricks Quotes
It's a tough business. To my parents or to their friends, I was not a success, but to me I was a huge success. I was having a blast. I was working on shows I loved, I was working with actors I loved, and I was making a living as an actor. And I loved every second of it.
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Though many people said there is no joint border between Turkey and Montenegro, it feels like we are next to each other. We are in the same neighborhood.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name.
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I want to stay alive. Yeah, I want to stay alive. I think that's the main thing. If there's a chance I can live longer, I want to do it.
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I don't think taunting chants at players on the other side of the ice is intended to be sexist in the slightest. It's like when you call a goaltender a sieve, they chant that. Is that now inappropriate also?
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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I'm a genuine person - I will never promote something I don't believe in.
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To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.
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I have no mouth, and I must scream.
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The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself.
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I come from a line of railroad men. My great-grandfather was a surveyor for the Burlington Railroad.
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If there's a principle really worth sticking up for, I'll go the whole way.
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I think it's one of those funny things - sometimes you're not really friends with somebody until you've gotten into a good fight, and I think that's the situation with Superman and Batman.
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When you get into your 40s, the roles do tend to drop off, and I've seen it happening to friends of mine. Hopefully it is improving, and there are female TV executives now who are championing women of all ages in leading roles. But I'm not counting on it.
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It's a tough business. To my parents or to their friends, I was not a success, but to me I was a huge success. I was having a blast. I was working on shows I loved, I was working with actors I loved, and I was making a living as an actor. And I loved every second of it.
