Penny Marshall Quotes
My brother and sister were much older. They were planned. I was not planned for. I was called the mistake, amongst other things.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see them exist in a very specific way.
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If you don't meet the standards, then you don't qualify.
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It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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Sometimes, I find that just the simplest, cleanest things that are intelligently performed are funniest to me.
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If I was a condiment, I'm gonna go ahead and say I would be Sriracha, because I go well with other things. I'm too much for some people, and hipsters like me.
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I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.
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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.
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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
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I saw John Garfield smoke. He was my idol, so I smoked. I even smoked like him.
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I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted performance, a story I'd like to tell, direct or produce.
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Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
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I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.
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I've always been someone who some people like and some people don't like.
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I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
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No matter how abstractly formulated are a general theory of systems, a general theory of evolution and a general theory of communication, all three theoretical components are necessary for the specifically sociological theory of society. They are mutually interdependent.
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Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel powerless. I know I can do something. But anyone can do something, it's not about being special. It's about deciding to do it - to dive into work for peace and justice and care for everybody on the planet.
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What I wish for myself is that I could be the kind of person who just goes, 'This is what I need,' and doesn't feel bad about it.
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My brother is my best friend.
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My brother and sister were much older. They were planned. I was not planned for. I was called the mistake, amongst other things.
