Brit Marling Quotes
I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.
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I just feel like whenever the team needs a bucket, I can come and get it. I feel I'm a really good scorer.
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Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts.
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Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
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I think I'm going to be around awhile.
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I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
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I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself.
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Authenticity is a virtue. But just as you can have too little authenticity, you can also have too much.
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Jesus is still up in Heaven, thumbing through his Bible, going 'Where did I say build a water slide?'
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I think, for any actor, dealing with the paranormal is intriguing.
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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
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A lot of people give in to those pressures and let others influence the process on their second albums because they want to achieve the success they had with their first again, but they don't know how to do it.
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An unaffected man in a negative light Could not have borne his labor nor have died Sighing that he should leave the banjo’s twang.
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As a child I prayed that my calling be revealed - but not with expectation and not with a destination. I became an artist because I didn't know what to do and I thought it was really fun to make things.
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The Greens will threaten the future of our strong economy. They will destroy jobs and put Victorian families at risk.
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Over the eons I've been a fan of, and sucker for, each latest automated system to 'simplify' and 'bring order to' my life. Very early on this led me to the beautiful-and-doomed Lotus Agenda for my DOS computers, and Actioneer for the early Palm.
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I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me.
