Mary McDonnell Quotes
It's phenomenally important to me that, if I'm going to be spending years on a project, I need to be interested in the whole thing. I'm not there to be on my own. And if I'm going to be with these people, I'd best be interested in their work.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure.
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A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
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The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.
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You have to embrace your authenticity and your unique perspective as a woman.
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If religion and churches are truly threats to our liberties, how did those liberties survive, and in such healthy condition, all those years of classroom prayer and Bible-reading?
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Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.
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It's phenomenally important to me that, if I'm going to be spending years on a project, I need to be interested in the whole thing. I'm not there to be on my own. And if I'm going to be with these people, I'd best be interested in their work.
