Matthew Perry Quotes
I have a dark side; it's been pretty well documented. It wouldn't be bad to show that in some light in my work...It's something I no longer fear doing and am actually excited about doing.
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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I can't be disappointed with my first gold in a senior championship, and to score 5000 points, which only one other woman, the world record holder, has got over, I am satisfied.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
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I've always been busy, but I wasn't always successful.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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There weren't really any visible men in my family when I was growing up, but of course there have been men in my life, wonderful men.
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I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'
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First of all, I want to thank the Buccaneers for giving me the opportunity and for picking me in the draft. This is the nature of the beast, though, and this is a new start for me. I wish them the best of luck, and I am just glad to be a Bear.
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If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let go.
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Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door.
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My brother Art was a doo-wopper. He had a group that sat out on a park bench in New Orleans and sang harmonies at night, and they'd go around and win all the talent shows and get all the girls, you know.
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The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam!
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You can't always count on the devices, attitudes, and conceits that stood you in good stead in 1972 or 1973, or 1978-79, to still have the same impact all these years later.
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It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together.
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When there's no one you can point to, or when something goes wrong, it's your fault - that level of responsibility and accountability is pretty interesting.
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My goal for 'Black Rock' was pretty simple: I wanted to make the feel-good record of the summer.
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I have a dark side; it's been pretty well documented. It wouldn't be bad to show that in some light in my work...It's something I no longer fear doing and am actually excited about doing.
