Kristen Schaal Quotes
You go from nobody looking at you to people taking second looks. I remember really loving it - and then feeling so guilty for loving it. Like, 'That's gross, Kristen.' Also, telling myself it could go away at any moment, and I'd be so sad.
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The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody. I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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I know exactly what it's like to stand on top of a tall building or in a high place and look down and go, 'Ohhhh my God.' I try to get into that place every time I write a scene like that. And definitely when I write the action scenes, I get overheated and my heart goes really fast. I get very involved.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.
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And I think the blessing of heaven is on Bush. It's just the way it is.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.
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Every day, teachers across the country excite their students with new opportunities and experiences.
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Knowledge is the distilled essence of our intuitions, corroborated by experience.
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Stardom is no longer the fuel of my soul. It is the deeper aspects of life that nurture me. And I realise I am very blessed.
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I think the most challenging part of being a performer is just making sure that people know that when you get up there every night, it's unique and that you care.
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You go from nobody looking at you to people taking second looks. I remember really loving it - and then feeling so guilty for loving it. Like, 'That's gross, Kristen.' Also, telling myself it could go away at any moment, and I'd be so sad.
