Pauline Kael Quotes
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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Success is really about your mindset.
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I'm very kinesthetic, and when you're that way, you just feel it in your body. I know that other actors think with the logical part of their brain, but I wear my character inside my body, even when I'm away from the set.
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I just want to sit in my room and write books.
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I believe it's easier to be an actor. Somehow, interviewing seems to be intrusive on people's lives.
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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.
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We know taking care of an infant isn't just women's work - so why should maternity leave be the norm when paternity leave is the exception? There's no question that taking care of and bonding with a new baby is just as important and meaningful for dads as it is for moms.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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I'm just trying to work out how to write music now, because I've never had the opportunity where my number-one priority is writing music. I don't know how my brain works yet.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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It was always sort of my dream to make handbags and I wanted a handbag that was very sharp, very structured, very tailored... I wanted a bag you could put all of your things in it, you can open it, you could close it, you could hid all your tricks, but it's not all lumpy.
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I do have, like, a regular childhood. I mean, I'm treated the same.
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It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.
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Before blogs, it was all about physical presence. We used to send out videos and audiotapes to communicate. Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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Presbyterians are 'the spirit of the Antichrist.' (Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, p. 239)
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I had no idea 'L.A. Law' would be so mega. I knew it was a big show, but I was just one actress in a group of many good, award-winning actresses.
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My father loved me and was devoted to me until he knew I was gay, and then our relationship went south. So I always make sure that I let my sons know that I will love them, no matter what they do or who they become, for the rest of their lives.
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Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
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The novel doesn't come into existence until certain methods of reproducing fiction come along.
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In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.
