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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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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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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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 don't know if I'm a method actor.
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There are people who want me to do a cologne. They want to call it 'Patrick.' I was offered a fortune to make exercise videos. Posters, all kinds of stuff – something like $10 million worth. It's insanity. I'm not going to do any of it.
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Indeed, willingness to challenge professional economists and other experts is a foundation stone of democracy. If all we have to do is to listen to the experts, what is the point of having democracy?
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Only lies and evil come from letting people off.
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I try to reciprocate and to give back to the fans with my performances, like a big 'thank you' for the love they show me.
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I was in Tower Records in San Francisco a few weeks ago, buying some cassettes, and a couple of people recognized me and ran up with albums, and I just wanted to cover my face and have a seizure or something. I want people to just go away.
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The blood will follow where the knife is driven,The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear.
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Everybody in Hollywood has to beat the 'no' - and if you write code in Silicon Valley, or if you design cars in Detroit, if you manage hedge funds in Lower Manhattan, you also have to learn to beat the 'no.'
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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.
