Penelope Mitchell Quotes
I think that film combines almost every element that makes human life worth living.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
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My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders'. I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.
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All Democrats are not entitlement people. These are the people who are going to suffer the cost of Obama health care. These are the people who are suffering because there're no jobs.
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For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, 'Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.'
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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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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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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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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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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The 1957 crisis in Little Rock, brought about by the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, was a huge part of the march toward freedom and opportunity in America.
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I am a born-again atheist, so there isn't going to be a funeral. I will be buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in my forest with an oak tree planted on my head.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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As long as I have ambition, maybe I can achieve something for my country.
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There are things that are hard about coming from a divorced family, but having two houses is not one of those things.
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That's how most of us would feel. But the sport has a few deviants without consciences.
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I have been contending all my life, and always with God.
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Your life can become the background for the art you create.
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I think that film combines almost every element that makes human life worth living.
