Drew Barrymore Quotes
I loved the world of roller derby because I thought it was such an empowering metaphor, that you get out there and do it. It's such a rocker, athletic, capable, cool exhibitionist sport; it's about this great sort of camaraderie.
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I bought a girl roses once.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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To be fair, I don't get mad when people laugh at me when I fall down.
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I do make a good ragu pasta, which everyone seems to like. Or that could be just me talking; who knows what they really think. I actually stole the recipe from my older sister Vera, who also loves to cook. I took all my recipes from her.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time.
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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to learn how to contribute to society on a practical level they wouldn't get into trouble.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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Hollywood is something imagined... acting is something crafted.
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The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
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Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to play with my girlfriends.
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I don't think I will go for an arranged marriage, but I am not against arranged marriages.
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I don't feel that normal anymore because I get recognised, even when I'm just trying to have fun or going to get ice cream with my friends.
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Playing a final is great, but it's winning it that counts.
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People with really weak characters cause an immense amount of suffering in the world. They destroy whole civilisations.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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I don't think I've ever not had a dark side. But one of the wonderful reasons why you go into this business is that half your life you live in a fantasy, which is somebody else's life. It's actually a great release because you're not having to deal with the itty-bitty bits of life.
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I loved the world of roller derby because I thought it was such an empowering metaphor, that you get out there and do it. It's such a rocker, athletic, capable, cool exhibitionist sport; it's about this great sort of camaraderie.
