Janeane Garofalo Quotes
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For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.
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I am in a traditional financial services business - but we at Fidelity can see that the evolution of technology is setting our industry up for disruption. What if this technology could do for the transfer of value what the Internet did for the transfer of information?
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I find it difficult to turn down an entrepreneur who's both passionate and knowledgeable about their space.
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I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
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What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.
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We started by playing girls who only married at the end of the picture. We didn't play wives. That came later. But the most dreadful thing was when a star had to play a mother. That was the beginning of her professional end.
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams.
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Ninety-nine percent of the time, when it comes down to it, if I have the choice between a great role and seeing a new guy, I would probably go for the great role because I figure if the guy's really that great that he'll be around once I'm done with the movie.
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That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame.
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I believe it's a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear and if a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can't she also wear everything?
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Everyone knows almost everything about me. I make it very clear that I'm cool with people knowing all my personal life through my songs.
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Tone matters more than words.
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I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
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My weight has always been a struggle for me.
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Our education system is not preparing young people for the world they will face.
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As I grew up, I read and loved many fairy-tale retellings and began to think about writing my own reimagining of 'Rapunzel.'
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With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind.
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I learned how to cross-country ski.
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I feel like something has changed for me, but it’s a new change, so it’s going to be hard for me to describe. Maybe it has something to do with turning 30. I don’t feel as shy or nervous or self-conscious. I have more confidence that I can handle what life brings me. I don’t feel scared to have an idea and express it. I feel giddy about it because it’s a complete transformation. It’s like I’ve found my voice.
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My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up.
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What I do feel is that 'Up in the Air' is the most indicative film of 2009. It is the portrait of 2009.
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The end point of rationality is to demonstrate the limits of rationality.
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I don't enjoy sparring with the audience. It devastates me.
