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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Most photo shoots are a beautiful dress, a natural location, and poses.
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As a society, we're failing. In so many ways. Such high incarceration rates of underrepresented minorities ultimately means we're missing out on great potential from black and Latino communities. Yes, there's immense talent brewing even within the most impoverished neighborhoods. Talent is universal, but opportunity is not.
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Acting is important to me, but so is the rest of my life, and what I still keep in mind is that the pressure of being successful lasts so short a time.
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Often, the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it.
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Clarity is so important for Shakespeare.
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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.
