Mary Steenburgen Quotes
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.
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I made sacrifices willingly; it was what I did best.
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.
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I used to listen to 'Perfect Day' by Hoku every single day in high school! 'On this perfect day, nothin' standin' in my way... Don't you try to rain on my perfect day.' It pumped me up when I was feeling down or defeated, whether it was from the cool kids making me feel left out or feeling overwhelmed with homework and mean teachers.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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Producing should be a creative responsibility.
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I love all the attention, people noticing me. 'There's the gymnast. There she is!'
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Northwest Ohio is flat. There isn't much up. The land is so flat that a child from Toledo is under the impression that the direction hills go is down. Sledding is done down from street level into creek beds and road cuts.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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Entrepreneurs and rowers show characteristics of curiosity and wanting to learn.
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The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.
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The concept is basically; that the pieces we know and love are made up of scales, arpeggios, and the like.
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Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks.
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So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines of Freemasonry, I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised only for the good of mankind.
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You must set down all the rules to your cat at the beginning of your relationship. You cannot add rules as you go along. Once these rules are set, you must never, under any circumstances, break any of them. Dare to break a rule, and you will never live it down. Trust me.
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A lot of people... kind of make heroes that are separate from us, people who are, you know, like... John Wayne and Errol Flynn and, you know, Denzel Washington... people who are different, who are larger than life.
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"Art Imitates life," of course, is that phrase by Oscar Wilde. I called that song "Art Imitates Life" because Oh No was in the studio and he actually came up with that hook. When I was trying to figure out a name for the record, it just kind of made sense.
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I just never really thought of not being involved, because when I write the songs I take them to a certain place and by that point I kinda know what I want them to sound like.
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I wrote my first song when I was 54 years old.
