Kathleen Troia McFarland Quotes
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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I don't really set out to please anybody, and I don't think I ever have. I have occasionally been encouraged to try to write something specifically for the purpose of releasing it as a single to get radio play. Those are not my best songs, as a rule.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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The way I look at it is everybody should have the right to get married, if they so choose.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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I love iTunes as much as anybody. It's very convenient and very easy. But there is nothing like the vibe that you get when you walk into a record store. And I think a lot of people are still thrilled to spend a half hour there and go through the bins and make some purchases.
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So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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For me, the dumbest rule is that you can't chew gum in school.
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I never met Paul McCartney.
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Every articulate family ... generates its own stories, explanations and myths to illuminate the differences in temperament and talent among its children, the lines of allegiance and influence between parent and child.
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In the real world, words don't automatically translate into deeds.
