Jane Curtin Quotes
I think if you go from show to show without doing that big PR blitz it's helpful because people can get pretty sick of your face if you're just out there all the time. And keep a low profile, hold in your stomach and be a good sport.
Quotes to Explore
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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I try to shut out ideas about why you should do things. Trying to do good architecture and really designing a career? There's some attention to be paid to that, but I don't think it's everything.
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Action fiction is driven more by what than by who. Put that ticking nuclear suitcase under Manhattan, and it's relatively easy to create suspense. Literary fiction is driven more by who than by what.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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When you have put all your faith in man and continue to be disappointed, don't you hope there is something out of there that is not of human element?
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.
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So, I'm the Eighth Wonder of the World. It's flattering and very, very funny.
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Be proud of your Latino culture and do the best work you can do, and you will always succeed.
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I believe it is the flaws that make us interesting, our backgrounds, the hardships.
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I was really nervous, intimidated by the whole thing-all the people and all the buzzing, and all the sitting around waiting. I felt really small in this huge place.
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Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.
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I think if you go from show to show without doing that big PR blitz it's helpful because people can get pretty sick of your face if you're just out there all the time. And keep a low profile, hold in your stomach and be a good sport.
