Mary Steenburgen Quotes
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I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don't believe too much into inspiration, only I'm waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It's a little too easy to say that.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
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I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.
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When you see results, you start to wonder, 'What would happen if I had oatmeal instead of sausage for breakfast?' You start to eat better because you feel better.
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I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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This Islam business kidnapped me.
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I'm not a salsa singer who wants to sing in English, and I'm not this American kid who wants to sing Spanish.
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In Nagasaki, American planes did drop warning leaflets - but not till Aug. 10, a day after the city was bombed.
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Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.
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I always write knowing that people will hear it, but also hoping they'll see it. So a lot of times I make lyrical decisions based on what looks better. Also I write based on what I saw for a video. I obsess over lyrics in the hopes that they'll endure in different ways. I'm very precious about it.
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Every 20 minutes you've got to have a bump, you've got to have a change in course, you've got to unsettle the audience. It can't be too predictable so something has to happen. I think that was something that Hitchcock did very well too. You couldn't let an audience feel too settled in.
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There's a certain freedom that comes when people don't expect you to be sexy.
