Marsha Blackburn Quotes
You never look silly when you're defending the American people and their pocketbook.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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My dad was really complex, and I was raised by that. My mom is really bright - very book bright - and so those things collide... I learned that I could put all of that stuff together in the world of acting, and I could make a dollar at it.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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I was always trying to get people to fix things that are wrong. Now, it was, 'How do I make things that are going good go better?
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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I've never gone back to the stacks after my book's expiration at the front of the store. Not because I'm above it or anything, but I'd be mortified if someone caught me looking for my own book.
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I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook and I'm saying everything in there out loud.
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Assault in any form is never OK, and I want to be very clear on that.
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The big issue of our time is trying to deal with extremism based on a perversion of religion and how you get peaceful coexistence between people of different faiths and cultures.
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The modern susceptibility to conformity and obedience to authority indicates that the truth endorsed by authority is likely to be accepted as such by a majority of people, who are innately obedient to authority. This obedience-truth will then become a consensus-truth accepted by many individuals unable to stand alone against the majority. In this way, the truth promulgated by the propaganda system - however irrational - stands a good chance of becoming the consensus, and may come to seem self-evident common sense.
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You never look silly when you're defending the American people and their pocketbook.
