Mary-Louise Parker Quotes
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When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.
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I have a great team at WME.
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Well, my type is obviously creative. Creative, with burning eyes and a pretty mouth.
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A 90-minute time frame is not long enough to tell a good female story, and that's why long-format television has become so great for female storytelling and for female performers and directors and writers.
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I've got pretty good knowledge about pass rushing. But I know I have a lot to work on.
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Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.
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The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.
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You don't need Beanie Sigel in the building with a pre-perception that this crazy dude might do anything.
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It is such a gift to be able to write songs in general, but when you can share it with somebody, it is just such a pleasure. It is such a happy moment when you finish a song, and you are just like, 'Wow - that was great.'
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I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.
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I had always wanted to be on SNL, it's not always great, but it's this leftover childhood dream.
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The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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I'm a big fan of a great glass of red wine and a delicious bowl of pasta made from scratch.
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I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
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I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great.
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The Constitution's pretty clear. The Federalist papers are pretty clear... They very specifically delegated the power to declare war to Congress. They wanted this to be a congressional decision; they did not want war to be engaged in by the executive without approval of Congress.
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Falsifiability for a theory is great, but a theory can still be respectable even if it is not falsifiable, as long as it is verifiable.
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For something to be great, there has to be some kind of trial or some type of struggle that actually makes it special or valuable to you. Otherwise, anything could be easily taken for granted.
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From the law firm's perspective, billing by the hour has a certain appeal: it shifts risk from the firm to the client in case the work takes longer than expected. But from a client's perspective, it doesn't work so well. It gives lawyers an incentive to overstaff and to overresearch cases.
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Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
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Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts.
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I do love my avocados, which are great for the skin. I eat pretty healthfully.
