Mary-Louise Parker Quotes
The theater is who I am - it's where I feel the most inspired, the most at home, the most useful.
Quotes to Explore
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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If I want to tuck my son into bed and read him a story, but that means I have to take a red-eye to get to a concert - which I would never think of doing otherwise - that's just the way it is. Even if I can't hit the note that night, I got to tuck my child in!
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free?
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I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
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The chips are in production, the machines aren't. So we've got a little bit of work left to do.
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My father was my hero, and he died when I was 11. So, I really never experienced the kind of natural teenage rebellion or the anger at him. I never experienced those feelings as a young person.
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I love New York.
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I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
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Problems should be solved by talking and not in an aggressive manner.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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When I visit schools, I try to reach kids who perhaps don't have books at home or aren't that keen on reading. Somehow you draw them in with the pictures and then perhaps they'll want to learn more about it. I use a lot of audience participation and find kids who aren't really part of it and try to include them - to draw in those reluctant readers.
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I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.
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When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.
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It makes me proud not just to be a Canadian writer but to be a Canadian, to live in a country where we treat our writers like movie stars.
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I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band.
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The theater is who I am - it's where I feel the most inspired, the most at home, the most useful.
