Elizabeth Olsen Quotes
I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.
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We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they're never allowed to perpetrate such an evil act as they did. And so all of us are dealing with that. We know that the President has the authority to go to war under the War Powers Act.
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I'm all about small towns. I think it's a great place to grow up.
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Just as I could tell you about my first Andre Norton novel or my first L'Engle or my first Asimov, I could write a paragraph about how each of these writers influenced me, my writing, and my thoughts, and do to this day.
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When I'm on the red carpet, most people say, 'Who the hell is that?' It's downright embarrassing.
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My grandma taught me how to hand-sew, so I'm always making things from hand-me-downs.
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I'm still not used to the idea of being the youngest circumnavigator.
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When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.
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Thought makes reality.
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I had spent time in New York, where I loved the idea that theater could be done up in tiny little rooms rather than for lots of money on a big stage, and be tied to ordinary life.
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Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.
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Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.
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Once in a while, I write in Malay and work on something fun that's more for the local Malaysian market, and when that happens, it's always something really special; it speaks volumes that I'm doing it for my fans who have been there for me since day one.
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I've been known to make out with girls from time to time. Couple drinks involved, you know. It's fun. And who knows? Maybe it'll go further someday. I don't know.
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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I do listen to a lot of music, but I don't listen when I'm writing.
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I believe the world to be a muffin pan, and there certainly are a lot of muffins here.
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Chaos is what we have. That is what I believe.
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After everything happened, we all got super tight. I can't deny it. We all just love each other. James Garner and David Spade came on and we fell in love with them too. We've just become a family all over again. We don't want to lose anyone again.
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We have drawn down to pre-surge levels.
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There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party.
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There are so many cruel decisions parents have to make when their child dies. The funeral director requested a sheet for the coffin, and I sent the cozy flannel one, pale blue with happy snowmen, that had just been put away with the winter linens.
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It's all about being comfortable, being easy and having you be able to wear something and not having it wear you. It's classic. Every time I've tried to be bold and crazy, I feel like a Japanese animated cartoon character.
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It's great, getting the scripts and working with somebody like Sam Esmail, who is such a great leader.
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I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.
