Marlee Matlin Quotes
Hollywood embraced me in the late '80s because there was a good project I was in and it was different. Nowadays, it's about corporate mentality, box office, youth.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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I have an office full of product from brands trying to be in videos and an inbox full of songs from artists, but at the end of the day if the artist doesn't support the brand or it doesn't make sense for the song, then it will never work. What we do is try to pair them up so that both sides are happy.
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I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
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I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
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When I started out in the industry I was 14 and a beanpole, but over the last few years I've grown. For the most part I feel pretty OK with how I look. I know I'm different from the typical Hollywood ideal of what is beautiful. But quite frankly I don't think that's attainable, and I'm happy to represent something different.
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In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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Acting is one industry that is very difficult to plan for. I'd like to continue to do good work.
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Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about the tenor of relationships within a religious community that makes it the best tutorial in citizenship and good neighborliness.
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Hollywood embraced me in the late '80s because there was a good project I was in and it was different. Nowadays, it's about corporate mentality, box office, youth.
