Drea De Matteo Quotes
I'm tired of the industry, tired of playing the whole game - the dressing up, the red carpet. I hate talking about myself.
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
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You won't really get a lot of the mainstream, lovey-dovey side because that wasn't a part of my life in the beginning.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.
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Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.
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My dad is truly the person who always made me believe in myself, to appreciate that I was smart.
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We should all love animals.
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Yeah - I wanna be the sister to Khaleesi in 'Game of Thrones.' I wanna be a dragon lady; that would be really fun!
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.
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Authenticity is a virtue. But just as you can have too little authenticity, you can also have too much.
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I don't think I could have a genuine relationship with someone who didn't love to travel and appreciate new foods. Traveling is a big part of my life, and I want to share that with the people close to me.
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I grew up looking at National Geographic. I always wondered who was taking the photos and how.
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Spike optioned my first book, 'Now the Hell Will Start,' and he trusted me to write the screenplay, too. That was an awesome learning experience - I grew up watching Spike's movies, and here he was giving me handwritten notes about structure and dialogue. His feedback taught me so much about how to craft a cinematic narrative.
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I enjoy ritual and ceremony. What I don't like is when it's badly done or sloppily done. This is actually a theological issue - the forms we adopt, the actions we take, the way we do things, are, as it were, a sacrament.
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The glamorous side is SUVs, but frankly, the tractor side is where we are number one in the world.
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It's awkward going back up to Edinburgh to see my old friends, because I'm not on the same wavelength.
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I'm tired of the industry, tired of playing the whole game - the dressing up, the red carpet. I hate talking about myself.
