Laura Linney Quotes
I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.
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I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That's kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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My character Saurabh Singhania is a rich, bad guy who is driven by revenge, so much that you feel like scratching his face or throwing stones at him. The intimate scenes in the trailer are creating quite a buzz... I wish they had shown more of the story instead of the sizzling scenes. The film is not about boldness or intimacy.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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The challenge is how strange and different my voice sounds, so I have tried to sound like other people and tried to be something I wasn't. I have tried to be a soul singer because someone else thought that a good idea. Not because I did.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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Hmmm... I never get the answer I think I'm going to get.
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Working with a company like LIDS just makes sense for us. Every night, we play a song we wrote that has now become a hit and was inspired by seeing so many of our fans wearing Snapbacks. Our fans are LIDS customers, and we are excited to partner up and bring them into the Old Dominion family.
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For those who practise tyranny and deprive others of their rights, I will be harsh and stern, but for those who follow the law, I will be most soft and tender.
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My father's wit, and my mother's tongue, assist me!
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I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.
