Laura Linney Quotes
I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
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As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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For me, clean fuels translates into cleaner air for Oregonians. I think that's a good thing.
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All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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I've always been creating my whole life, you know. I've just had a need to create, whether it was sculpting or writing or directing. It's just ever since I was a kid, I don't know.
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It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.
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Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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I'm not very into pastas or heavy foods like meat, but pastries, especially if they come from a really nice French bakery, I go crazy over! I try to allow myself those little treats in the morning for breakfast, then I have a lighter lunch.
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'Political Animals' was before its time: a little darker, a little edgier. The audience wasn't ready for it.
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We delude ourselves into believing that morality comes from somewhere else, whereas in reality we behave as we've been told to behave.
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I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.
