Marlee Matlin Quotes
I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of 'The Brady Bunch.' Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying 'hi' to everyone, whether they knew me or not.
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My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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Being American and being an outsider at the same time, it's a perspective I often bring to a character.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
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Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful wife, brilliant students, the best job anyone could hope for, and about half of my hair. Not the half I would have kept, but no one consulted me.
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I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.
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Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.
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When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes.
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Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
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The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you'll live 10 times longer than if you have 10. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever. It's truly ridiculous.
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What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.
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I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
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Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of 'The Brady Bunch.' Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying 'hi' to everyone, whether they knew me or not.
