Mary-Louise Parker Quotes
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Don't try and make a movie for someone else. You have to make it for you and trust that you're not that unique. And that'll matter to other people as well.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life.
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You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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No one remembers who came in second.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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Turning 18 is a big deal.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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I think that if you haven't been to the grocery store in a really long time, it's really easy to get very out of touch.
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If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
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I'm proud of 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' I don't need to distance myself from that. The more work I do, the more the general public sees the different things I can do. Do I think it opened doors? Yeah. More people know my name.
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Once we relieve them from sanctions, their economy opens up, and they can sell oil and pistachios and whatever else they sell around the world. That was why Iran needed a deal. Everyone knows they fund terrorism around the world. Having that extra money will add a lot of problems and create a lot more hot spots.
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Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends.
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One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives.
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I've been on a state of high alert since high school. I didn't need 9/11 to remind me that we live on a ball of flame.
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I'd sort of gone through some sort of spiritual change in the late 70s where I sort of saw there was some other life to live. It changed the way that I worked just having a different presence and a different tension.
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I don't live in Los Angeles and I don't do a lot of superfluous press.
