Christine Lahti Quotes
I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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I just cannot imagine why anyone would want to be really famous. You go to a restaurant and people are pointing at you and they talk about you and they whisper and it is very disconcerting; it is a very odd feeling.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.
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If people are telling you a story about themselves, they gradually map their own local territories and know themselves by them.
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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
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I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.
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Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.
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Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
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From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.
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To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
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No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.
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I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night.
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I wouldn't know a space-time continuum or warp core breach if they got into bed with me.
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Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.
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An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear.
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I'm always proud to be popular with the fans. I try to smile and do my best. If they like it, it's even better.
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I don't know of any case that involves computer hacking where there were multiple defendants charged where there wasn't an informant on the case.
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I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can get really blurry.
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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
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There are so many things calling you toward that computer or TV. You forget, we're a family. We're all supposed to spend time together and talk.
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I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.
