Mary-Louise Parker Quotes
I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.
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I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
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I guess I'm lucky that I've been able to play a wide range of parts and a wide range of types of productions - I haven't felt much typecasting.
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In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don't go with prescriptions.
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I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained.
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Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them. Let me extend that generosity to myself.
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I hate dentists. That's why my tooth fell out. I was in the middle of a root canal and wouldn't go back, so it just dropped out when I was in the middle of Fifth Avenue.
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We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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Bathrooms are, on a square foot basis, the most expensive room in the house to renovate. If you want to test your heart's fitness, try shopping for simple bathroom faucets. Add in the cost of the required valves, mixers and trims, and you may need reviving when you see the tally!
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There are comics who treat women fairly appallingly. But I can be great friends with them because I don't tend to do that ticking of boxes: it can make life too simplistic.
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About 25 years ago, my wife and I bought Kenny Loggins' house in Santa Barbara. It was way out of our price range, but we said, 'Screw it, let's go for it.' We've raised our family there. We overextended ourselves at the perfect time in our lives, and it worked out for the best.
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Theatrical work means too much work or none.
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My favorite song to play is 'Smokin' by Boston. I actually had a chance to play that with the band Boston live.
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And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. You act how you want to and leave me alone to do my own thing.
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I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.
