Debra Winger Quotes
I never thought I would start working again, and I did, but it was really hard, and I don't know that I would advise anyone to step back the way I did.
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If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
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I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream.
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I was lucky enough to first meet Elvis at his house in Bel Air and he used to invite different artists, singers and musicians, to come and jam with him at his house.
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Each language has its own take on the world. That's why a translation can never be absolutely exact, and therefore, when you enter another language and speak with its speakers, you become a slightly different person; you learn a different sort of world.
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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
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I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy.
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My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.
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I'm going to get you a broken alarm clock so you'll get up in the morning.
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Politics may come and go, but Greed goes on forever.
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Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.
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The great thing about doing a play is you get this rehearsal period, which you don't get with most film and television roles.
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I'm always curious about anyone who has enough passion to go onstage and say, 'This is what I'm really passionate about.' It's always worth listening to.
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I've got a quiet voice. I think it's because as a child I didn't speak very much. I used to put my fingers in my ears to feel the silence, which was like a lovely trickling motion in my head.
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I don't have a dishwasher, and I hate washing dishes.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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The core strands of my involvement in public life are a belief in the need to strive wherever possible for equality of treatment and opportunity, to ensure all people have the means to a decent livelihood.
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You'll find that fellow gym go-ers are super supportive and friendly. It must be all those endorphins going around!
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I never thought I would start working again, and I did, but it was really hard, and I don't know that I would advise anyone to step back the way I did.
