Jenna McCarthy Quotes
Women tell stories; men want answers. Guys get impatient when we drone on forever; we get frustrated when they tune out.
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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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Basically, people in other countries don't want to have to work quite as flat-out as they do in Japan.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
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My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached.
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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
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It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that it takes a little nudge, I think, from government.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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I was born with the confidence of an 89-year-old man. So it's strange when people ask, 'What's it like being a female comedian?' It never occurred to me that I'd be limited as a woman - that I couldn't be a scientist, a doctor, or anything I wanted.
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My identity and my security are not in my spiritual progress. My identity and my security are in God’s acceptance of me given as a gift in Christ.
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The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.
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We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60... So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.
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I am obsessed with trash TV. I watch all reality shows. I watch all the 'Housewives.' I am a huge fan of 'New Jersey.'
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Women tell stories; men want answers. Guys get impatient when we drone on forever; we get frustrated when they tune out.
