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.

Mary Steenburgen

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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.

  

  Natsuo Kirino
  • May
  • Age
  • Know

• 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.

  

  Pat Summitt
  • Great
  • Support
  • Going

• 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.

  

  Walker Stapleton
  • Good
  • Done
  • Job

• Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.

  

  S. J. Perelman
  • Love
  • Dying
  • For Her

• 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.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • God
  • Believe
  • Moments

• I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • People
  • Up
  • Sports

• 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.

  

  Jackie Earle Haley
  • School
  • Home
  • Remember

• 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.

  

  Gary Shteyngart
  • People
  • Time
  • Book

• 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.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • Know
  • Politics
  • Act

• Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.

  

  Lalla Ward
  • Fun
  • Enjoy
  • Princess

• 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.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • School
  • Kids
  • Black

• I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Up
  • Myself
  • Always

• At times as a performer they segregated us in some of theatres.

  

  Cab Calloway
  • Times
  • U.S.
  • Some

• We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.

  

  Rand Paul
  • American
  • Government
  • Financial

• 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.

  

  Victoria Legrand Beach House
  • Time
  • Good
  • Happy

• 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.'

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • God
  • She
  • Woman

• 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.

  

  Gail Carson Levine
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Children

• 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.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Think
  • Happen
  • Injuries

• Out of 30,000 edible plants thought to exist on earth, just eleven account for 93% of all that humans eat: oats, corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, yucca (also called tapioca or cassava), sorghum, millet, beans, barley, and rye.

  

  Daniel Levitin
  • Earth

• I think you're an acting teacher in disguise You're so incredibly intuitive and always passionate and always driven to go further. I never had to worry. All I had to do was look at you, babe.

  

  Chad Coleman
  • Worry
  • Teacher
  • Acting

• As a songwriter, pop music really is a love and a joy and a science, and I feel like a lot of people look at pop music with a very formulaic perspective in numbers and patterns, but an outsider would think that the process is very natural.

  

  Halsey
  • People
  • Music
  • Love

• I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.

  

  Ted Naifeh
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• For me, I always think about keeping my upper body relaxed, my hips level, and my right side down on the turn. If I work on nailing those three things at every practice, I hope that by the time I get into a race situation I can stay completely focused on the task at hand, and the rest will happen naturally.

  

  Brittany Bowe
  • Time
  • Work
  • Hope

• There's just a total boatload of crazy that goes with singing live for the first time when you're 60 years old.

  

  Mary Steenburgen
  • Time
  • Live
  • Crazy