Debra Winger Quotes
When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with.
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As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for.
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I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.
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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.
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I am fighting my natural body shape to do what I do.
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My favorite car is a '69 Barracuda.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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There's nothing in the Bible that says, 'You must play video games.'
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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Every time you achieve something, you want to go after what's next. I'd like to see my own shows grow and someday be a headliner, fill up stadiums.
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My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear ... now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation and the flutters in my heart will vanish. Now I know that action reduces the lion of terror.... I will walk where the failure fears to walk.
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Africa’s progress will depend on development that truly lifts countries from poverty to prosperity - because people everywhere deserve the dignity of a life free from want.
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My films are always a reflection of where I am in my life.
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When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with.
