Mary Steenburgen Quotes
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When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
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My interior is very, very dense - Proustian-looking, sort of Henry James. The walls are covered in pictures, and I transformed the big drawing room into a library lined with books.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.
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Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
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The next time you see an outside day with a down close lower than the previous day, don't get scared, get ready to buy!
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Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.
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I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in the coming year. We'd like to shoot through the seasons because of the passage of time. This project is the great love of my life.
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Sometimes the storyline is as simple as, 'We're just going to be the best, and we're going for the championships.
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As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.
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I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.
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People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations.
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So many of the new nations which were established as democracies after the second world war, during the decolonizing process, have now changed their system to state-socialism. Small elites run them, and they aren't sharing societies. They aren't even socialist. The power of the state has been merged with business property and you have the greatest concentration of power that's possible.
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It's different every time you write. Sometimes it might be harder than it was the day before. I don't like forcing it, but sometimes, if you force it a little bit, it helps you to push forward, and you get inspired in a way. I've written songs in an hour. And there are songs that have taken me six months.
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I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.
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I started in improv and went into different kinds of things.
