Marlee Matlin Quotes
Every one of us is different in some way but for those of us who are more 'different,' we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing as they can... just differently.
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
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I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.
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Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits.
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There's more to life than physical and material.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.
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When I saw the first I couldn't believe I was in another great movie that would be made into a trilogy. This movie is quite visible and I think it will stand the test of time. I think kids and parents will love this movie for a long time.
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It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear, but it's best to be reminded how to act properly.
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I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
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I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all.
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Contrary to popular wisdom, the mark of a great meeting is not how short it is or whether it ends on time. The key is whether it ends with clarity and commitment from participants.
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My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
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I am no theologian. I am a layman. I am among those who are preached to, and who listen. It is not for me to preach. I should not willingly forego being a listener, a man who reads the Gospels and then listens to what others say that our Lord meant. But sometimes a listener speaks out, and listens to his own voice.
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I'd like to write the way Matisse paints.
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Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.
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I try not to recommend too many books, frankly, because I think there's a certain synchronicity that happens when people discover books.
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Genesis means the beginning. But I put the A instead of the E because I didn't wanna be criticized in church and nothing like that. And it means the beginning, but in my city, I'm the only person that's on the West Coast that has a different sound, so I was thinking to myself, 'This the beginning of a new sound, a new person.'
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What I care the most is what I can do for people. I am not into it for recognition; if it comes it will happen out of my own effort.
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I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.
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The other day, I woke up, and somebody sent me a screenshot, and it was Sylvester Stallone, Rambo himself. Tweeting my song. 'Rambo.' And I went absolutely nuts in my hotel. Like, I was jumping on the bed screaming.
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Every one of us is different in some way but for those of us who are more 'different,' we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing as they can... just differently.
