Katherine Waterston Quotes
It's just a dream of the struggling actor to just have a proper shot - not just in a film that people will see, but with a character that's rich and complicated and that you can show you're capable of taking on.
Quotes to Explore
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Broadway is really my life.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.
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Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.
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It's just a dream of the struggling actor to just have a proper shot - not just in a film that people will see, but with a character that's rich and complicated and that you can show you're capable of taking on.
