Mary Steenburgen Quotes

There's a certain freedom that comes when people don't expect you to be sexy.

Mary Steenburgen

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• I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Think
  • Actually
  • Radical

• Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.

  

  Ian Williams Battles
  • People
  • Music
  • Expect

• The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.

  

  Otto Schily
  • World
  • Feel
  • Hatred

• Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.

  

  Fairfax Cone
  • You
  • See
  • Advertising

• I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.

  

  Waris Ahluwalia
  • Always
  • Sense
  • Curiosity

• 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.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Inspiration

• The earth laughs in flowers.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Nature
  • Earth
  • Flowers

• There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Marriage
  • Hidden
  • Sword

• I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.

  

  Gary Wright
  • Band
  • Son
  • New

• 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.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Wonder
  • Start
  • Breakfast

• I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

  

  Tamala Jones
  • Good
  • Job
  • Afraid

• I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.

  

  Abbi Jacobson
  • Like
  • Outside
  • Philadelphia

• There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • Write
  • Nothing
  • Really

• 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.'

  

  Patrick Whitesell
  • Time
  • Movie
  • Star

• Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.

  

  Adam Hamilton
  • People
  • Loving
  • Preaching

• I'd never been published when I was young.

  

  Jack Vance
  • Never
  • Young
  • Published

• 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.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
  • Remember
  • Relationship
  • Teacher

• I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Believe
  • Parents
  • I Believe

• Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in that they will one day die.

  

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo
  • People
  • High
  • Die

• I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.

  

  Matthew Macfadyen
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• We should never hesitate to use military force, and I will not, as president, in order to keep the American people safe. But we have to use our military wisely. And we did not use our military wisely in Iraq.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • American
  • Military

• I am honoured to have been chosen for an Amitabh Bachchan film.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Film
  • Chosen
  • Honoured

• Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured it out... otherwise, you just get the back of someone's head playing music you could hear on a CD. It's not enough anymore.

  

  Marvin Hamlisch
  • Music

• There's a certain freedom that comes when people don't expect you to be sexy.

  

  Mary Steenburgen
  • People
  • Freedom
  • Sexy