Mary Steenburgen Quotes
There's just a total boatload of crazy that goes with singing live for the first time when you're 60 years old.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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I don't think Congress, in general, has done a good job articulating to the American public how inextricably linked our credit markets are to our entire economic system.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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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 know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was. Which isn't to say things haven't happened to me that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't black.
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I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.
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At times as a performer they segregated us in some of theatres.
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We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.
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For me, it's really day to day. I don't really plan ahead and I like to be excited about what I'm wearing. Being on the road all the time, it's various articles of clothing that keep me inspired and feeling good. A fun or beautiful thing to wear can change your day. I think spontaneity and not adhering to any narrow styles keep me happy.
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I was at a restaurant in Glasgow, and I was walking down the stairs. A woman passed me and said, 'Oh my God, what are you doing here?' I didn't know who she was, and I was like, 'Sorry?' She goes, 'Oh no, sorry, I follow you on Twitter. I just didn't expect to see you here.'
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My interest in the theater led me to my first writing experience as an adult. My husband David wrote the music and lyrics and I wrote the book for a children's musical, 'Spacenapped' that was produced by a neighborhood theater in Brooklyn.
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It's unfair to think that we can do what we do with the intensity that we do it and expect injuries to not happen.
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I don't have any desire to ever act again full time.
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What am I doing with my life? Am I just going to some humdrum job that I don’t really want to be at, doing some minuscule task, getting paid to be a mindless drone? Or am I out there living life, on my terms, the way I want to live it, doing the things that I want to do?
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I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.
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(In reference to Vermont's Act 60): This is Marxism. It's leveling everything by decimating what works ... It's that vindictive 'We've suffered, and now we're going to take money from your kid and watch you squirm'... There's a minority which is an open target in this country which no one protects, and that's rich people.
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To be free is of the essence of every intellectual being.
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There's just a total boatload of crazy that goes with singing live for the first time when you're 60 years old.
