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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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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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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As an actor, you want roles that are full of meat.
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I am not the most objective viewer of my own work. So I have different thoughts about my work.
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Peace has a great deal to do with warm-heartednes s and respect for the lives of others, avoiding doing them harm and regarding their lives as being as precious as our own. If, on that basis, we can also be of help to others, so much the better.
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You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You've got to be ready to walk through them.
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Just as a seed grows with the warmth of the sun, so our positive qualities grow when we put our attention on them.
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You are not here in the world for yourself. You have been sent here for others. The world is waiting for you!
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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.
