Elizabeth McGovern Quotes
I love having the opportunity to explore a part for a great length of time, really get deeper and deeper into it, because you only have a chance to do that once or twice in a career.
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I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or moving it is, when perhaps those feelings are just there, waiting to be accessed all the time.
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Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'How hard is it as a black woman,' or, 'How hard is it as a woman,' I turn you around. Because I cannot - we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time.
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Great men marry great women.
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We want our students to graduate from high school, but we want them to graduate with a plan, whether it's college or career.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well.
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I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.
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'The Big Chill' had a bunch of really talented actors, a great soundtrack, and the college connections that the characters shared. It's one of those movies I glean something different from every time I watch it.
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All the women that are first born daughters in my family are named Mary, but we've all been given nicknames. I don't know how or why that started, but I'm nicknamed after my great-grandmother, who was Mamie. No one ever calls me Mary, except only if my husband is very serious about something.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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Every idea has its time.
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Over time, our emerging high-usage products will likely generate significant new revenue streams for Google as well as for our partners, just as search does today.
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Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.
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You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You don't know how to explain to them that the time when you feel alive or present is when you are writing.
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I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.'
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When I had my first boy it all started and that male energy seemed to keep me awake but since my daughter, who's incredibly serene, I can't seem to stop sleeping because she's asleep all the time. It's a pattern.
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Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.
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I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.
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George Bush has shown great skill at disguising an incredibly weak foreign policy.
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I'd love to do a James Bond-y kind of villain!
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I love England from head to toe. I love the weather, the people. I was there in the summer and it was nice. The people are so groovy.
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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
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Drying up in conversation You will be the one who cannot talk All your insides fall to pieces You just sit there wishing you could still make love.
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I love having the opportunity to explore a part for a great length of time, really get deeper and deeper into it, because you only have a chance to do that once or twice in a career.
