Debra Winger Quotes
I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam.
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.
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Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.'
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Press conferences aren't the best thing to do, but it's part of the job.
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Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
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Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that the law as written.
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We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less.
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A resilient culture has a certain amount of resistance embedded in it. Not so much to capsize it, but enough so that it doesn't atrophy.
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I am totally a fringe candidate, and so is Bill Weld: you know, two Republican governors serving in heavily blue states, outspoken, small government guys, outspoken on the social liberal side. We're fringe, totally. We're fringe.
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Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.
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It's not like I'm sitting at home coming up with some secret beauty plan.
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I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
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I met Tyler Perry and we did 'House of Payne' and a movie. We've done a couple other films since then, but it all boils down to the work. I'm a work-a-holic, which is why I think that I've been successful. If you tell me no, I'll work even harder!
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I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.
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Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
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Sometimes I can see the whole painting from the outset in my mind's eye. But more often than not, that idea doesn't last the duration of the painting. Sometimes it comes out easy, just as I had envisaged. But that is reasonably rare.
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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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Any young man coming of age has a lot to go through. Peter Parker certainly has a lot of responsibility, and without doubt, so does Pippin - his role, his life, and how he is going to perform it. It's all about choices and how we make them.
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Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more.
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I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam.
