Mary McDonnell Quotes
We never know all the facts and the more we're mindful of how we deal with people, the more opportunity we have to evolve.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.
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When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.
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Time was God's first creation.
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You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
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A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
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Are your people uncomfortable during meetings and tired at the end? If not, they're probably not mixing it up enough and getting to the bottom of important issues.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.
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By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have become a ripe target for reformers across the ideological spectrum.
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Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.
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If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. Perhaps this is what Thoreau had in mind when he said, “the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think the same is true of human beings.
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When I was five, we moved to Virginia and lived inside an old fort that was surrounded by a moat. So when I heard stories of American history, I felt as if those dramas were taking place right in my own backyard.
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Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.
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It's hard not to want to strangle people when you work with them for four years.
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We never know all the facts and the more we're mindful of how we deal with people, the more opportunity we have to evolve.
