Mariska Hargitay Quotes
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and 'Soul Train' as a solo artist. As a producer, songwriter and arranger, I help other artists say what they want to say. But on my records, I say what I want to say.
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Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.
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Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.
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During his runs for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has done a good job of mimicking Reagan's anti-government diatribes and 'better days ahead' rhetoric.
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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If you look at Republicans, they always run these old war horses.
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I clean my face twice a day with cold water and don't go to sleep with make-up on.
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Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.
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I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid. There's never anything in between.
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I'm trying to get people to see that we are our brother's keeper. Red, white, black, brown or yellow, rich or poor, we all have the blues.
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Sometimes I write them down in musical notation as a trigger to remind me about certain directions to go. Or I can be specific about a sound I'm looking for.
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Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.
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I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement.
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Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
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As a child, I studied violin. My sister, who's 10 years older, was the actress in the family. I was painfully shy.
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I'm tired of hearing sin called sickness and alcoholism a disease. It is the only disease I know of that we're spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to spread.
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Mere abuse is no criticism.
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Obama's explanation for the slowdown in economic growth is that the public sector is hurting, and that's where Washington must step in and act.
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There was a savagery to his smile, and a darkness in his eyes when he watched her. He was in love with her. And it hurt him.
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I learned how to have a little bit of distance when I explained songs and a little bit of distance when I wrote them. I think this is more interesting any way in art.
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Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that mine are new advertising campaigns.
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There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off.
