Jennifer Armintrout Quotes
Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire.
Quotes to Explore
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In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I never lost a friend I wanted to keep.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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I've always romanticized the late '40s and '50s - the cars, jazz, the open roads and lack of pollution. Now there are more vehicles, less hitchhikers, more billboards and power lines and stuff. People wrote wonderful long letters that took months to receive, and now everything is email.
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If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that - they are all under a similar kind of design umbrella.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
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To adapt a play into a movie, you have to change it.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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When you feel totally alone in your thoughts and feelings, there's someone out there who is going through what you went through, even if it's the strangest, weirdest thing you could think of.
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Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.
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Do not buy the hype from Wall St. and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.
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Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.
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Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
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A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me.
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Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire.
