Kristen Johnston Quotes
But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.
Quotes to Explore
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Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.
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One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.
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I am so, so lucky. I am the luckiest girl in the world, really. And still with access to everything I could possibly want I still say 'Oh dear, what am I going to wear today?' There's no ending to that question!
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I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die – that's that.
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Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.
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I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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Anytime I met an actor, I just attacked them and said, 'How did you do this?' Eventually, I began to realize that you went to school for it. I wasn't a bright kid, so it took me a long time to figure that out.
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It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.
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Conceptual art, I don't even know what that is.
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I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.
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Siberia is a state of mind.
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I'm a really big 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I have all the extended editions.
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They say money can't buy happiness? Look at the smile on my face. Ear to ear, baby!
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Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
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I really thought to myself, 'If I'm going to do anything in this world, I am going to be the best I can be.' I have a tennis coach that has taken me as far as my body can go. I hired a private skiing coach during my birthday week. I have a private yoga instructor. I just don't understand why you wouldn't give yourself every advantage.
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A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny.
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You can succeed as a terrible director, but try doing that with stand-up: try being a terrible comedian and getting up on stage. The funny will win out very, very quickly.
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But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.
