Paula Pell Quotes
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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Younger audiences are into me because I did 'Stuart Little,' and that movie was a very big deal for kids. And in 'Angels in the Outfield,' a generation of kids learned about magic and angels. And then, of course, there are these two blond girls named Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and I played their nanny on their TV show.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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Faith is personal if it's to be real.
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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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Paddy Considine is a great friend of mine, and he is a natural actor because he is an artist, and I'm not an artist. If I ever blow my own trumpet, it's as a craftsman.
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The transition between life in red-state America and life in the Arab capital was at times overwhelming because of the traditional segregation of men and women in many public and private settings.
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.
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I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
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I almost always start with setting! I have to know the world before I know how to populate it. I have a tendency to play with doors - between life and death, human and monster, mundane and magic - and with 'ADSOM,' I knew I wanted to play with the physical doors between worlds.
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There are people who are born deaf and grow up deaf who don't speak at all, and some of them have told me that they resent a little bit that I do speak. But, you know, I have to be myself. I have to do what I'm comfortable doing.
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I don't know about the whole song-and-dance thing. But if India will have me, the independent cinema scene there is something I'm really interested in.
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I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.
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I'm sure it's why I'm such an odd duck in my feminist generation, because I've always been equally fair to men.
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The E.U. needs a strategy that marries a shared vision to common action.
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Fantasy isn't something you run out of.
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Two hundred channel choices in most homes certainly gives you the world of choice. And so slicing it, dicing it, and offering someone their favorite thing - by the way, if it's not good enough, make it yourself and post it.
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Defensively, I could be a lot better; my decision-making at times can be a bit poor.
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A friend is someone who supports you. And these people are buying tickets at outrageous ticket prices. If that ain't support, I don't know what is.
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We must become just be doing just acts.
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I enjoy meeting not only contemporary children, but yesterday's children as well. It's nice to talk about the experiences we shared, they tell me, 'You were a good friend.' That's the warmest part.
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Tina Fey is a very old friend of mine, and I adore her.
