Mary-Louise Parker Quotes
People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.
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We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
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I've been very ill. You just have to trust the Lord.
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
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When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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I was actually a Cowboys fan.
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I used to have a real passion for writing, but not so much anymore - probably because I do too much of it.
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Growth doesn't hurt. This is what I've learned. In the end, it doesn't hurt. It hurts while it's happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, it's not a bad - not a bad thing to try for.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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People's arrest tapes, mug shots, everything is online.
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There are very few passions in my life - The man upstairs, family, and football.
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I remember sitting on the back of the bus on the first day of the Social Experiment tour with my face in my hands. I emptied out my bank account, and before I did that tour, that was the number one thing I said I'd never do. I'll never empty out my savings.
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I had a remarkably happy childhood; whatever scars I have are self-inflicted.
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People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.
