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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Dancehall culture in Europe is very close to Jamaica. Europe and Japan have a very close link to Jamaican dancehall culture, where it's all about sound-systems and horns and girls dancing all crazy - that happens a lot in those places.
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The real issue is not whether two and two make four or whether two and two make five, but whether life advances by men who love words or men who love living.
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We do want to be diverted and be interested and be provoked by popular culture - by art, if we're lucky. And it's amazing how often people have lost sight of this.
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The need for strong partners and employees persists throughout the life of a company, but it is especially important in the beginning.
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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.
