Mary-Louise Parker Quotes
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I don't miss acting at all.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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I live with my mum and my nan. I think I will leave eventually, but not at the moment when they look after me so well. If you came to my house, they'd make you eat something.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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I don't do nostalgia. It just doesn't occur to me. I'm living in the moment, and I don't have that gene.
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With the rights now in our loving hands, I'm beyond excited to bring 'The Green Hornet' into the 21st century in a meaningful and relevant way: modernizing it and making it accessible to a whole new generation. My intention is to bring a gravitas to 'The Green Hornet' that wipes away the camp and kitsch of the previous iteration.
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For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.
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For me and accent work, I think once you've figured out where that energy is, where the sound is in your throat or your mouth, it's a whole lot easier to do.
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My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.
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I have my way of dealing with lows in my career: I just go on a holiday. Coping with a failure of a film is like coping with a break-up. It's sad and heart-breaking, and it's not like I got over it right after my holiday; it took me some time.
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The only reason Hubble works is because we have a space shuttle.
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I don't get tired of hearing that somebody liked my work.
