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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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
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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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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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There is nothing in my work that can be taken as blasphemy.
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Small ideas won't help Illinois' future.
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It's hard to make a living in this business. Unions aren't as strong as they used to be. For a journeyman actor - someone who doesn't have a famous name but has consistent work in theater or film or TV - it has become harder to get through, harder to raise a family.
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We should make it as easy as possible to be able to get a legal work visa - not citizenship, not a green card. Just a work visa, with a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid.
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I think more influential than Emily Dickinson or Coleridge or Wordsworth on my imagination were Warner Brothers, Merrie Melodies, and Loony Tunes cartoons.
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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!
