Laura Linney Quotes
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I'm not religious. I was as a child, and like lots of people, I suppose, rapidly became very disillusioned with the whole thing. I also feel that organised religion has caused far more problems than it has solved.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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Obama has been well-received on the world stage, but that doesn't help him operate domestically.
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I do love pasta. It gets me into trouble. If I could give up pasta and bread, I'd look like Cate Blanchett.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I'm very happy with what I've accomplished, but we're going for more.
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In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality.
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I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.
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I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.
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They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army – thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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I found it very easy to transform into creeps and weirdos and losers and goof-balls, and I'm happy to play eccentric kinds of characters, and I have a great affinity for the outsider, but I definitely am about expanding my range as well.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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The business of books is the business of life.
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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.
