Mary Steenburgen Quotes
We don't want to be reminded that life ends at some point, so they don't put older people on the screen.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nonstop since I was 19. I realized very early on that I would need a day job, and I wanted one that was in books.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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Today, our economy is about an economy of ideas.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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With about a dozen assorted ongoing conflicts in the news every day, and with the stories becoming more horrific, the level of sadness becomes unbearable. And what becomes of our planet when that sadness becomes apathy? Because we feel helpless. And we turn our heads and turn the page.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to plan A because if you have a plan B you will inevitably fall back on it.
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Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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I have a lot of really good handlers.
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I just wanted to have a look at my whole musical career, get right back to when I started and why I started doing it in the first place.
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I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. Why do I fight? I thought, and couldn't think of any real good reason. There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.
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Earlier today Martha Stewart issued a statement saying 'I am innocent and will fight to clear my name.' Yeah, Martha then said 'I look forward to the day when people stop thinking I am guilty and get back to thinking I am cold and arrogant.'
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I'm not a bourgeois person, never will be.
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We don't want to be reminded that life ends at some point, so they don't put older people on the screen.
