Mary McCormack Quotes
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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My dad was really complex, and I was raised by that. My mom is really bright - very book bright - and so those things collide... I learned that I could put all of that stuff together in the world of acting, and I could make a dollar at it.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate, so we can have a magnificent production and still connect with the audience.
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If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough.
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If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports. I would have been like every other kid. Instead, I found my one thing, and I was never going to let go of it. That little dyslexic kid is always in the back of your head.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
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I love coming to London and seeing what people on the street are wearing.
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I sold a bunch of stuff. I sold Omaha Steaks, vacation packages... the worst, though, was Time Life Books, because no one wants Time Life Books. No one wants an 'Encyclopedia Brittanica' showing up at their house.
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It's the libertarians who want to reclaim decision-making for themselves. It's the small government folks who see government as a great Leviathan gobbling up more and more of their treasure and freedoms.
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You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long.
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I love Humphrey Jennings. People ask me who my favorite documentary maker is, and he's certainly in the top three.
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Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we believe we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.
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The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is the atheist who does not believe in himself.
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You won't believe what our kids are eating in the public schools. It's just nuts.
