Debra Winger Quotes
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Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.
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I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.
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A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.
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Music isn't selling like it used to, but the one thing you can't steal or download is a live show experience or a T-shirt.
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There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.
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Being happy is very important. We won our second championship last season and we have our entire team coming back to try and defend our title again. I'm very proud of that.
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I'll always have something to prove.
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MSNBC got rid of so many black people, I thought Boko Haram was running that network.
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Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of Macbeth. It's a short play, it's an exciting play, it's easy to understand, and it attracts great acting.
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In college, you had to worry about that math class or this exam that's coming up on Tuesday, but not in the professionals. You eat, sleep, and do everything related to your craft - and your craft is football. You can be at it from sunup to sundown.
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That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe.
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You are not condemned for anything, but you are also not excused from anything. See these two ideas together at the same time, and a powerful third force for self-awakening is created.
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Any time you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing something you aren't.
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As a symbol of love it does not quite work for her, since its overwhelming beauty demands a passive response that is irritating to the adventurous.
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No gifts this year. I have given gifts on the Tour de France and very rarely has it ever come back to help me. This is the biggest bike race in the world and it means more than any bike race in the world. It means more to me than any bike race in the world. I want to win … no gifts.
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You are either lucky in this department or you aren't-and you cannot make your own luck.
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The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
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So far we have not convinced the Chinese authorities. My own brother was refused a visa on what was probably my last chance of seeing him when he was going around the world on a tour. Scott Nearing was similarly refused.
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Bad luck relies on absolutely perfect timing.
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The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and America. They possess the same physical characteristics - the dark, oblong eye, the prominent nose, the strongly-marked cheek and jaw - but in the latter, these traits have become harsh and coarse.
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When I write, I want something to sound good itself.
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I tend to wear outfits that match the walls.
