Donna Lynne Champlin Quotes

It seems the more I play Jane Austen, the more poetic my writing becomes. The other day, I left a Post-it note for my husband that had the word 'ergo' on it. I gotta rein it in before I get all full out Madonnannoying.

Donna Lynne Champlin

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• I ended up going to college for visual arts but moved up to New York after I graduated from college in 2006 and started going gung ho to the Upright Citizens Brigade, and I realized that that was what I was really interested in and what I really wanted to do.

  

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• I love a real-life, movie moment in living color.

  

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• I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'

  

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• I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.

  

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• I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.

  

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• It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.

  

  Samuel Alexander
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• A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.

  

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• I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.

  

  Oliver Hudson
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• While cheap products are exported to western countries, the waste is dumped mostly in China's back yard, contaminating its air, water, soil and seas.

  

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  • Air
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• Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.

  

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• No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Done
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• I don't see myself as a diva at all.

  

  Bebe Neuwirth
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• To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

  

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• The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.

  

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• No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now.

  

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• Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.

  

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  • Long
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• Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-30s. Those who hang on, eventually the mentor drops the disciple, and that's no fun.

  

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• I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.

  

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• A lot of guys are very intimidated by an attractive woman, and they dehumanise her because our culture perceives beautiful women as commodities. But I think if you're able walk up to a person and get to know them, and you see their flaws and their impurities, and realise that they're like you, then you can humanise them again.

  

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• Eventually, Dad and I had to start talking again, because it’s hard to avoid speaking to someone when you’re each supporting one arm of a dying person.

  

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• I have too much work on my hands and I would not be a dutiful husband.

  

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• If I get in a dark spot, I'll listen to some Adele and cry about it.

  

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• Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future.

  

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• It seems the more I play Jane Austen, the more poetic my writing becomes. The other day, I left a Post-it note for my husband that had the word 'ergo' on it. I gotta rein it in before I get all full out Madonnannoying.

  

  Donna Lynne Champlin
  • Writing
  • Husband