Janet McTeer Quotes
I've always thought if you watch the performance and you don't know about the person, then you only see the performance.
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People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing.
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If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.
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Since 1980, we've used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They're in the Congressional Record.
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Doing business and doing good are not mutually exclusive, and it is our responsibility to prove this every day anew.
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Congress must make it clear that common animal waste will not expose farmers to liability under Superfund, while ensuring continued action to clean up legitimate hazardous waste sites around the nation.
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The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.
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New York is the only city that I have ever lived in that I have felt at home.
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Music helps me immeasurably in the writing process.
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If somebody writes clearly, you can pretty much tell immediately if something is shallow or deep, whereas if they write with all this duckweed on the surface, you can't tell if the stream is one inch deep or a hundred fathoms.
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I always felt an outsider.
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I think it's really cool, but Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms did it better than anyone. People don't realize just how awesome the Arizona history is, especially for alternative music. Growing up, that's all I ever wanted to be was those two bands.
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A person is born with a liking for profit.
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There are more ways of skinning a cat than rubbing its fur the wrong way.
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On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.
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Idealist: a cynic in the making.
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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.
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Somalia is so bad that making a mess improves the place.
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Not a single leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it. I want that to be clear!
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It's like seeing a $3,000 racehorse running against a $1-million horse. You always think the million-dollar horse is going to win, right? That's baseball.
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Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It clarifies your thinking. It builds credibility. It is a living engine of marketing and idea spreading, working every day to deliver your message with authority. You should write one.
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The scar on my eye is a result of the doctor's sewing up my face. It was 450 stitches and plastic surgery.
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In the next century it will be the early mechanical bird which get the first plastic worm out of the artificial grass.
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It was at the Children's Defense Fund that I met Hillary. I was 21, feisty, and ready to fight. And I remember thinking immediately, 'Here is a woman who doesn't mess around.' Steel in her spine, Hillary didn't want to talk about anything other than how to make children's lives better.
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I've always thought if you watch the performance and you don't know about the person, then you only see the performance.
