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 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 never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
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Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
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I was approached to do something for seven years, and it was a quality project. I did seriously think about it, but I didn't want to be away for six months of the year. I've never done the L.A. thing where you go and have loads of meetings; I can't say to my wife, 'I'm going to wait by a pool for six months.'
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Beaver do better work than the Corps of Engineers.
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I had some nerve damage that was kind of messing up my grip a little.
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You know, she often tells me that what I do is great. I don't think she ever thought I would end up doing this with my life. But I think she is happier that I haven't changed over the years, that I am still me, that I care about her and that we are the same as we always were. And I think that is what makes her most proud.
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One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.
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I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.
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I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me.
