Laura Linney Quotes
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
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Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.
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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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I'd like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order.
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I can hardly eat meat because it has to look like something what it was not when it was alive.
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
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I just feel so flattered, because the cosplayers really make sure every detail is there. I don't think I've ever cosplayed a character before, but if I were to, I'd probably go as a Klingon from 'Star Trek.'
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I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.
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The most important thing that everybody can do, aside from building and keeping your network strong, is make good choices about your health.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.
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I don't go to New York. I don't go to parties. I just do my business and study nature. My career is 28 years in an obscure art school, with limited staff and no perks. All I am is a teacher.
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Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.
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When you're first learning how to do eyeliner, it's really hard to get both lids the same. A good tip for when you're putting it on, is to make sure your elbow is on a table. Make sure your arm's really stable. And make sure you have an eye makeup q-tip to get that really sharp line.
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I had a great '70s. I survived it, and that's always good news.
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Darwin found out that when you took horses up to the high country in the Middle East, they would then grow long hair after a season or two. But when you took them - these long-haired horses - back into the low, hot country, they wouldn't get rid of the long hair, just in case, for about four generations.
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We assume that good-looking people are smarter and more effective than they really are, and that homely people are the reverse.
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Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.
