Jean Smart Quotes
When you do a half-hour show, there's only so much you can do. At best, you're going to get a character with two-and-a-half dimensions.
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Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.
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People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.
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You won't really get a lot of the mainstream, lovey-dovey side because that wasn't a part of my life in the beginning.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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You read a million scripts during pilot season, and most of them are not very good, so the good ones really shine.
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Yoga may look peaceful and calming, but even Arnold Schwarzenegger would have trouble breathing after twenty 'surya namaskars' in a row.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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I eat tons of green veggies to keep my PH balance in check.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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I have a record I love, 'Limbo,' which is very catchy.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.
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The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.
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Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.
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Every artist is supposed to get emotional. You're painting pictures of emotions.
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I do go back to Russia frequently, about twice a year. I hate the flight, but it's worth it. My parents have a home in a little village of 12 houses. It's not on any map, so unless you know it's there, you won't find it. Nothing works there; no Internet, no cell phone, and the land line only works sometimes. It's great!
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The Acropolis – the spaces between the columns – the depth of flutings to touch – the breadth, weight and volume – the magnificence of a single marble bole up-ended -. The passionate warm colour of the marble and all-pervading philosophic proportion and space.
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The short form, for those people who can master it - and I am by no means one of them - it is very admirable, because it is really hard to tell stories that can stick with the audience and still be between 5 and 30 minutes long. I think it's a real challenge.
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If forced to choose between a book and a Kindle, I'd opt for the comfort and ease of bound pages. I mean, I can't break a book if I drop it on a cement floor.
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I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time.
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When you do a half-hour show, there's only so much you can do. At best, you're going to get a character with two-and-a-half dimensions.
