Mary Steenburgen Quotes
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I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting was a great tool for that. And in the process of learning about my culture, I've learned how to connect myself again to my ancestors.
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I'm coming to the end of my life. I do reflect on what I've done for the 85 years that I have been given so far. And I'm proud of what I've done.
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I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.
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I love acting. I do it as a hobby. If I was able to have that as a career... Hopefully the fashion thing is a stepping-stone. I was so worried when I started modeling that it would hinder my chances of acting.
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If I go out in the open ocean environment, virtually anywhere in the world, and I drag a net from 3,000 feet to the surface, most of the animals - in fact, in many places, 80 to 90 percent of the animals that I bring up in that net - make light. This makes for some pretty spectacular light shows.
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I stuck out more in an English public school than I would have had I marched in a May Day parade with the Red Army in Moscow or sashayed the Yves St. Laurent catwalk with supermodels or hunted seals with the Inuit or - well, you get the idea.
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I've always fought for my country, in my own way, showing that Filipinos are a strong people and can do anything that they put their minds to.
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It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.
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The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It's intoxicating.
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I think I'm good at training dogs, but none of my dogs agree with me on that.
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I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde.
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To win at Augusta and to win The Open Championship at St. Andrews, it's hard to put it into words as a golfer, as an athlete, as a guy - I'm not rich in history, I can tell you that. I'm not a great historian.
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Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,I see the lords of humankind pass by.
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Showing up is not all of life, but it counts for a lot.
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Non sibi sed domino grauis est quae seruit egestas.
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Occupational incompetence is everywhere. Have you noticed it? Probably we all have noticed it.
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I wouldn't mind a little bow. In Japan, they bow. I love it. Only thing I love about Japan.
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The idea that democracies could be vulnerable to demagogues is not a new notion.
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We've worked very hard as a band and would like to think we've got this far on the strength of our music.
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I'm really into Sweet 75 right now, and I dig playing Nirvana, don't get me wrong. Even if Kurt never died, more than likely I'd be in Sweet 75 today still.
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I was super shy as a kid, and theater was a way that everything made sense to me.
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Where there is no property there is no injustice.
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Well, I looked my demons in the eyes laid bare my chest, said 'Do your best, destroy me. You see, I’ve been to hell and back so many times, I must admit you kind of bore me.
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As an actress, my best tools are my emotions and expressions.
