Marlee Matlin Quotes
When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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Faith is personal if it's to be real.
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
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In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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With a genre like film noir, everyone has these assumptions and expectations. And once all of those things are in place, that's when you can really start to twist it about and mess around with it.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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Isolated and unincorporated, North Gulfport lacked a basic infrastructure: flooding and contaminated drinking water were frequent problems. Although finally incorporated in 1994 - not long after the arrival of the first casino - many of North Gulfport's streets still lack curbs, sidewalks, and gutters.
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Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
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I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
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Theatre is all about the process and the sense of community that is created. You have weeks of rehearsal, time to explore your character and get to know the other actors. There is opportunity to try off-the-wall ideas, to find layers and nuance over weeks. You become like a second family with your cast.
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The most effective way to shake an economy out of a terrible downturn when we're at the zero lower bound is an aggressive change in policy that makes people wake up, say 'this is a new day' and change their expectations.
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Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of you need a certain amount of ego, a certain amount of arrogance to be able to play well and to push yourself and trick yourself into thinking you're better than you really are.
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Someone once described me as the Zelig of comedy, and I think I know what he means.
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My husband helps take care of our kids.
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When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.
