Kristin Chenoweth Quotes
I used to want to be tall, and then I thought, 'If I were tall, then people would say I was pretty and not cute.' And then I realized that there are worse things than being called cute.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings - when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.
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I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
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If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.
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Japan has only 100m people. Asia has 4bn. At least one-third, maybe nearly half, will become middle class, and this is a big opportunity for Japanese businessmen.
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Huge sums are invested globally in medical research and development - and with good reason.
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In addition, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act provides protection for those in the firearms industry from lawsuits arising out of the criminal or unlawful acts of people who misuse their products.
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After Katrina, no one was the same. People, relatives, they were dying one after another.
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I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale.
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I did exhibitions with the Surrealists in Paris, c. 1929 because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada's.
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I used to want to be tall, and then I thought, 'If I were tall, then people would say I was pretty and not cute.' And then I realized that there are worse things than being called cute.
