Marisa Tomei Quotes
I think the fantasy of being a movie star is more powerful than the reality. So, for me, even if it's not a great film or a great play I'm doing, to know that you went for it. You had an experience that made you grow artistically and personally. What's really satisfying is knowing that you did a good job.
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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?
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I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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I try to shut out ideas about why you should do things. Trying to do good architecture and really designing a career? There's some attention to be paid to that, but I don't think it's everything.
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The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
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I do think it's important, if you're going to be very creative, to be a seeker.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.
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There was a time where I thought I could only date vegans. I was wrong because I was missing the fact that somebody should be right for me first, instead of just having similar values.
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It's just a fact of life that you don't realize what you've got until it's gone.
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I don't want to sound too Oprah-ish or anything like that, but I really believe that if you have the power to imagine particular things, you have the ability to transform them.
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He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography.
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...the role of determination is to limit the agonies of doubt and the perils of hesitation when the motives for action are inadequate.
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I've realized that I really like spending time in the countryside and having a garden.
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I think the fantasy of being a movie star is more powerful than the reality. So, for me, even if it's not a great film or a great play I'm doing, to know that you went for it. You had an experience that made you grow artistically and personally. What's really satisfying is knowing that you did a good job.
