Mary Lambert Quotes
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I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
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I never left doo wop.
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All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I am just me playing the role of Lear. You're bound to get a Holm approach to it, whatever that may be. I just got out there and did it. I'm very much a doer in my acting.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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Whether it's backing up or starting, I have the confidence to go out there and do good, so I'm gonna play my role.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
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You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're going to be a critical success. But not everyone who works hard gets it right, or has the success they deserve: there's an element of luck.
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In terms of number of movies, I've been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes I'm onscreen, it's not so long.
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The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
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One of the strengths of Adani is that, because we are controlling mines, ships, ports and logistics, we are the cheapest solution provider for end users.
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You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists.
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Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program.
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I don't want to be submerged by depression.
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I don't dictate the solos and I don't dictate the vocal harmonies.
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I grew up on popular music, and rock-and-roll expresses very deep feelings of those people who don't have a lot.
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Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: "My boy, never . . ." I won't set 'em down. I disregarded them fool-like and paid, and paid; had I a son I'd hand 'em on and ram 'em home. What fools we be when young. We fancy we be wise, forgetting that the old boys have graduated in the 'varsity of the world, the greatest 'varsity of all, and each day we should learn from they.
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Most of my pictures are never published. I just document things I think are important. For instance, I've documented the gay pride parade from its first days.
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Gay marriage - it's not about two people being gay: it's about two people who love each other and who have decided to commit to each other for the exact same reasons any other couple would get married.
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I wasn't always this confident. Growing up as the awkward gay kid in a small town in Pennsylvania, you're constantly told, 'Don't be yourself, don't be proud of who you are.
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Gay rights and body acceptance are two things I feel very passionately about.
