Mary Steenburgen Quotes

I did 'Philadelphia' and 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' at the same time. It's kind of wonderful to do it that way, because you get very hyper-focused.

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• The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.

  

  Daniel Berrigan
  • Earth
  • Military
  • Down

• My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.

  

  Jack Davenport
  • Life
  • Child
  • Grandmother

• I'm a proud family man.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Family
  • Man
  • Proud

• I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.

  

  L. Neil Smith
  • Death
  • Government
  • Lying

• The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.

  

  Jackie Earle Haley
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• The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.

  

  Ferdinand de Saussure
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• Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.

  

  Hans Magnus Enzensberger
  • Culture
  • You
  • See

• The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
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  • Light
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• The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'

  

  Taylor Hanson Hanson
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• I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.

  

  Usain Bolt
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• My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.

  

  Larry Page
  • World
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• In the year 3000, everything will be instant.

  

  Dane Cook
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• I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.

  

  Barbara Bush
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• What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.

  

  Olin Miller
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• Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
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• I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.

  

  Taylor Dane
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• Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.

  

  Omar N. Bradley
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• I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
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• Well, I always think the worst things are going to happen here, because I'm - basically inside, I'm a bad person, and so the bad kind of takes over.

  

  Larry David
  • Bad
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• The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing.

  

  Pete Wentz Fall Out Boy
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  • Mind
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• I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.

  

  Mary Oliver
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• One of the reasons why I created the podcast called the 'The Call-In' that we do through Array - because as a black artist, every time I sit down with mainstream media, I'm asked about issues of race, identity and culture. No one asked what they ask my white male counterparts, which is: 'Where do you like to put the camera?'

  

  Ava DuVernay
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• Your voice is vibrant for only a certain part of your life. There are some records I've always wanted to make, and I don't know if I want to waste this time beating on the door of the charts.

  

  Kathy Mattea
  • Life
  • Time
  • Door

• I did 'Philadelphia' and 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' at the same time. It's kind of wonderful to do it that way, because you get very hyper-focused.

  

  Mary Steenburgen
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