Marlee Matlin Quotes
When I was 11, I knew that I wanted to write a kid's book and tell the world what it was like being deaf.
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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that's very expensive.
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I want to give my followers a positive message. I want to give those girls a positive message who have been forcefully married, who continue to sacrifice. I want to be an example for those people. That's my aim.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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Especially in the day and age now with social media and cameraphones and things like that, you always have to act like you're being watched.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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I'm evangelical.
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The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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I'm not an actor who appears on the stage and gives people advice on how to live or what to do and entertains them. It is not my specialty.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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I get used to my fountain pens and my clothes, and I can never throw them away. I replace them only when I see that they are broken or embarrassing to wear.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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With evolution, things are always changing, so I sort of think: Should we all be growing three heads?
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I had so much fun doing Django, and I love westerns so much that after I taught myself how to make one, it's like, 'OK, now let me make another one now that I know what I'm doing.'
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Travelling expands the mind rarely.
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I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make my opening line 15 words or less.
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The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.
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I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.
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If we are recognizing the Bible as a sacred text, then we are violating the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Tennessee by designating it as the official state book.
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When I was 11, I knew that I wanted to write a kid's book and tell the world what it was like being deaf.
