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.
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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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Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally.
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Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness.
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I wonder: when a Jehovah's Witness dies and goes to Heaven, does God hide behind the door and pretend He's not home?
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Every human being is unique and reacts differently to different food items. A diet that works for you may not necessarily work for your friend.
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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.
