Mary Steenburgen Quotes
1977 is the year I made my first movie. Shortly after, I was offered quite nice roles in television. The general consensus among everyone was that I'd be out of my mind to do that.
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
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Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and we will fight to provide a better tomorrow for future generations. We've made clear the status quo is no longer acceptable.
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Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.
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Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a significant cache of nuclear materials.
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I wasn't an actor. They they take the externals. Here I was, a kid thrown into Hollywood with a brand-new name, starring in motion pictures.
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Until the year 1967, it was a crime, for which you could be put in prison, to make homosexual love to someone in your own house. If they came in and caught you at it, you could be put into prison. This has changed - I'm talking about England, incidentally.
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When you're getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none.
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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Before I go to bed, I brush my teeth and take off all my makeup. I like to use Neutrogena's makeup remover wipes.
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I think American audiences like gangster movies. You know, it's part of the culture.
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War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then evil will get you.
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Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
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Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
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A book makes claims of literary art.
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It's really interesting because I'm a Quaker... so it's been radical to me to be hired by the Department of Defense under contract.
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I've created my own career in my life, and I've had a lot of fun doing it. I think that's good.
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I did movie star impressions as a kid in high school. Somehow they just got out of hand.
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1977 is the year I made my first movie. Shortly after, I was offered quite nice roles in television. The general consensus among everyone was that I'd be out of my mind to do that.
