Mary Steenburgen Quotes
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My family background was deeply Christian.
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I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.
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I signed this girl's arm. And the next day, a family member shot me an email, and it was a link to this girl who had my signature tattooed on her arm. I was like, 'Man, that's dedication. I'm sorry you did that.'
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I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
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I moved to Lucerne, where I have lived happily with my family ever since.
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One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
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When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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My childhood was a happy one. I was captain of the school sports team and played cricket after class. I had five younger siblings and a large loving family that lived together. We are still very close.
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The average Jordanian has much in common with the average American in terms of the values that we share, the fact that we all value the family unit, our work ethic.
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I Skype my mum every day. Everyone in my family does creative things, so it's nice to have that support.
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When you go to the movies with your whole family, it's a different experience. For some reason, it's something that you're all doing together and you take away something special in that.
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That's your dream, to get paid and take care of your family. But you still want to win, too.
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I tend to gravitate toward conflicted characters, and a character who is exploring chaos theory and population control and the difficulties of love and family is pretty rich.
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I think I realized early on that my family wasn't like other families.
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I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
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I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.
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I didn't belong to the sort of family where the children's classics were laid on. I went to the public library and read everything I could get my hands on.
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I have a very successful father-in-law and family with very different political views.
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I'm from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and my family is Punjabi.
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I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.
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We don't have a jewellery background, so we just come up with these things that we wanna wear, that we wish were out there, you know?
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And Michael likes to read a lot. People don't realize that about him but he reads a number of books per week and he's fascinated just about every subject.
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If there's an addiction in the Clinton family, it's to problem solving.
