Laura Linney Quotes
I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
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I was in San Francisco for 'Trauma' and then got back to town and got situated and started looking at things and passing on things. I think I was around for a month and a half, and there were other projects that were up, but it's all a waiting game. And then, 'The Vampire Diaries' came up, and I was really interested and read for it.
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The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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Music seems hard-wired into our very being. It moves us, stirs us to action, sets us in motion, sticks in our memories and minds.
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This gold medal, to me, is a very good outcome from the many years I've spent on my professional career.
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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.
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My clothes are very popular in Japan.
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I was lucky enough to meet the Material Girl twice.
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Always the notorious red-light district of sports, boxing today is as troubled as it was even in the days when the Mob called the shots. There are too many lawsuits and too few heroes. Absurd mismatches and fraudulent rankings by unaccountable offshore sanctioning bodies have disgusted fans.
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In Mexico, this idea that fathers go away is really deeply accepted because, for so long, so many men have had to leave to work in the United States.
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It's different for every project. Some parts are quicker than others to get and know; sometimes right up until the last moment you're just praying that something will click. But you can only do a certain amount of work and then at some point you've got to think: 'OK, I'm just going to have to leap now.'
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
