Mary-Louise Parker Quotes
Look, I don't care if anyone likes me when it comes to my work. But I can be massively insecure in other parts of my life.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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You can de-select the songs that you don't want to have on the record, but I hope we always put something out that has a lot of songs that the majority of people will love.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader, a mental-health-care provider, a substitute teacher, and a book reviewer. In and around the edges of all those jobs I have written poems, stories, and books, books, books.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater.
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Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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At the back of it there lies the central citadel of obstinacy: I will not give up my right to myself--the thing God intends you to give up if ever you are going to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.
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Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation.
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I'm not superstitious in my normal daily life but I get that way about writing, even though I know it's all bullshit. But I began that way and so, that's the way it is. My ritual is I never use a typewriter or computer. I just write it all by hand. It's a ceremony. I go to a stationary store and buy a notebook and then fill it up.
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We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.
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Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.
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Look, I don't care if anyone likes me when it comes to my work. But I can be massively insecure in other parts of my life.
