Marlee Matlin Quotes
What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.
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If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know?
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Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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Feminism, as it stands, well... stands. It has ground to a halt.
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I am sort of a tea addict. I structure my day by cups of tea.
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You're never the same after you run the Iditarod, and I still lust to go out and run with dogs, even though I know that I shouldn't. But I'd give just about anything to be able to do it again. To see the horizon again from the back of a dog team would be wonderful.
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I want all my films to look distinctly different, like some other directors I admire. But in a way, I can't really take myself completely out of the movies I make.
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I was worried that in London I would be judged for who I know rather than what I do. In New York, I am known for fashion.
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I'm 5' 11" as I proudly say - just so I don't have to say six feet.
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There's nothing more superficial to do than to paint a beautiful woman. The most beautiful portraits in art were of ugly women. If you paint Brigitte Bardot, it's a disaster. Sunsets, you have to stay away from sunsets. You paint a sunset, you are in great danger.
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I'm not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.
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I am a person who holds the aesthetic high. I have suits made in Savile Row.
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In school in Lebanon, we were not allowed to speak Arabic during breaks - it had to be French or English.
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Education, the last hope of the liberal in all periods.
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Anybody can be a pendejo, said John Grady. That just means asshole.
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I worked my face off.
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p. 49-50
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I'm not a diva - not yet, anyway.
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I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.
