Penny Marshall Quotes
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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The 1970s was the decade of developments in the new area of information economics. Search theory, which emphasized the need to gather information, was joined by models that featured asymmetric information, the case in which information differed across individual agents.
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I think I was given a gift to play golf and to be mentally strong.
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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.
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I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
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It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time.
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I basically raised myself.
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I think what's most important is family.
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Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.
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I would like to see more new productions of new material by new composers/lyricists/book writers. I would like to see people take more chances. I think because everything costs so much they're not taking the chances they used to.
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I do play the guitar, and I can sing, but just enough to carry a tune.
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I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.
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On the first day of school, my father told me I'd be the most popular girl and everyone would love me and want to be my friend. It wasn't so, but it gave me an enormous amount of confidence.
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Defeat the fear of death and you welcome the death of fear.
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When you have a democratically elected president of Iran you don't topple him for the Shah. You don't help topple Arbenz in Guatemala. You don't do what we did in Vietnam, etc.
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When I get drafty cold air in my ears, I would get an earache and get sick. I had to make sure I hustled and stayed well for my shows that I played.
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I had a very boring life, which is fine. I like being boring.
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The beauty of voice-over work is that maybe you come in and record once every two weeks for a couple of hours and do a couple episodes a session. It's awesome! You spend an afternoon playing in the booth, and there you have it. It doesn't interfere with much.
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How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?
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I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.
