Laura Linney Quotes
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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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I will go so far as to say probably smoking had something to do with my pancreatic cancer.
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Part of the success of the show is that the audience sees themselves in the characters, becomes the characters. The more they inhabit the characters, the more they see.
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Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation.
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I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.
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It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that.
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Well, the first thing that clued me in to the fact that there was something really scary about breast cancer, way beyond the thought of dying, was coming across an ad in the newspaper for pink breast cancer teddy bears. I am not that afraid of dying, but I am terrified of dying with a pink teddy bear under my arm.
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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I have to say goodbye to things in order to take on bigger things that I've always wanted to do.
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There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat.
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Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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Look, I'm a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can't get insurance.
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I had a lump on my face and had a big cancer thing removed.
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I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.
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Hysteria, epilepsy, tuberculosis, and cancer were all found to result from the erratic propensities of a past life.
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Every little thing you do leads up to a bigger thing.
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Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.
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I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all.'
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It is reported from 'Ubayd ibn 'Umayr (radiAllahu anhu) that he said: "It used to be said when winter came: O people of the Qur`an, the night has become long so you can pray (more) and the day has become short for you to fast."
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Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.
