Natasha Lyonne Quotes
In my experience of living, for a time, in the underbelly of society, I spent a lot of time in various holding cells.
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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I still keep my accent.
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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to think of the way that my brothers thought of their cross-country classes, or my little sister to dance classes and art classes, and it was something like that for me.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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There are so many women who contributed in a very real way in pushing for the space program during the time in which there was a lot of competition to get into space first, and to know that there were African-American women who were integral in that success is pretty phenomenal.
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Instead of trying to be 'radical,' I just try to be true to myself! Is it radical to be true to yourself? Maybe it is. I don't know, but it just makes sense to me, haha!
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When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in and that earning above the minimum wage did not protect adults from having to share a room with dozens of others.
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Believe it or not, one of the things I try to do around here is try to look for opportunities to work with people across the aisle. I know that's not the common narrative. But the truth is if you want to get anything done, that's an absolute requirement.
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How long will you wait for the right time to come? The right time is now and the right place is here.
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In my experience of living, for a time, in the underbelly of society, I spent a lot of time in various holding cells.
