Mary Pierce Quotes
If all goes well and my body reacts well, and I feel I have a good high level to compete amongst the best then I'll come back and play.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push myself into doing it. I know that when I am up for it I will, and when I'm not in the mood to, I don't make myself feel badly over it.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
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I constantly write about my safety walking to and from school, and then I would come home at night, and I would cut on the TV, and I would watch a show like 'The Wonder Years,' or I would watch, you know, some other show like 'Family Ties.'
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
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And we broadcast tapes sent to us from Americans against the war. These were most effective I believe.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.
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Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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If a female is good-looking, it totally decreases her credibility. Now she's not a good athlete - she's only good in these track meets because she's good-looking.
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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We're the only ethnic group that says, 'Hey, if you go to jail, it gives you street cred.'
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If all goes well and my body reacts well, and I feel I have a good high level to compete amongst the best then I'll come back and play.
