Christine Baranski Quotes
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Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what else is there to say?
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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The key to good grilling is to recognize that you are setting yourself up to cook in a whole new environment. This is actually one of the main purposes of grilling - to get yourself outside.
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I liked to play dress-up.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
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I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
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I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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Directors never give you anything.
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I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person.
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It is harder to get into Deloitte than into the University of Pennsylvania.
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I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
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The best thing I ever learned when I first started acting is that you audition, and then you forget about it when you walk out the door. Even when you have a callback, you can't bank on things until you actually book that job, or your heart will just be broken over and over again.
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You can only do the work to the very best of your ability.
