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 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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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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The squandering of oil and gas is associated with one of the greatest tragedies, not in the least resolved, which is suffered by humankind: climate change.
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At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
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When I was a kid, I thought I would be an action-movie hero. I was like, "They're gonna be able to CGI my legs by that point." And then I realized that it was probably better if I stayed a little closer to who I actually am rather than trying to be Bruce Willis.
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There's the cool factor, right? You see your face on a sign or your name on something, like, 'Ahh! Here I am!' And then there's a huge responsibility and the scary part of it, which is like, 'Now what happens?' And then you realize, 'Oh, yeah, this is my job.'
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Formerly, people used to grieve over the departed, but in our days they grieve over the survivors.
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I like to do books in which a lot of the research and the writing and the thinking revolves around something American.
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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.
