Martha Wainwright Quotes
I was kind of a misfit, and when my mother died, I had to become an adult, something that I never thought I would ever be.
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You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are not going to compromise on that; we are the commoners.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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People are obsessed with my haircut; everyone wants to do something with my hair before the ceremony. Very senior figures tell me their hairstylist wants to do my hair for free. It's surprising. People from television are interested almost exclusively in aspects of my hair and my hairdresser.
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We only have a certain amount of energy for each day. If we use it for the wrong purpose, if we focus on the negative or dwell on whoever hurt us, then we're not going to have the energy we need for the right purposes.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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I still pray a lot. I still believe in God. I just don't believe in any set religion.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan.
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With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.
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None of the actor methods ever discussed what it would be like to play a character on film for over a decade, and what it must be like to return to a character and imagine the time off-screen, which is interesting. There's something as an actor that I enjoy about evolving characters.
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Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate.
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I think that my mother, Frances Dorothy Peck, modeled her whole life on that of Scarlett O'Hara.
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What we owe future generations is the subject of growing debate by economists, philosophers, ethicists, public policymakers, and academics of all stripes. But for me as a mother, the moral implications are very clear. We owe them clean air and fresh water, a healthy planet and a secure future.
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I'm a wife and a mother. I don't want to be immature; I have to be ready at all times.
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I was kind of a misfit, and when my mother died, I had to become an adult, something that I never thought I would ever be.
