Jennifer Carpenter Quotes
I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.
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Because we're in a small town and somewhat isolated from the fast lane of high tech, we've been able to grow and concentrate on our work instead of being distracted by the competition and getting caught up in the soap opera of Silicon Valley.
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name.
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Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.
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There's always hurdles. So I just keep moving, just constantly redefining myself. That's how you stay in the race.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.
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The essential lesson I've learned in life is to just be yourself. Treasure the magnificent being that you are and recognize first and foremost you're not here as a human being only. You're a spiritual being having a human experience.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
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Art is something special because it can come up with a way of approaching the truth that is a little to the side.
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I always liked movies like 'American Graffiti' and 'Gregory's Girl.' 'Gregory's Girl' is particularly perfect because it really captures that summer holiday bubble of teenage utopia. Even though it's got a happy ending, there's a feeling that these characters may never see each other again.
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You can make a lot of mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation. Or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient.
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I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.
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I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.
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I was single for a long time and felt very much alone in the world, and talk of family values upset me very much at that phase in my life, because I used to think: 'What about people like me?'
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In politics, it's very theatrical. There's a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to tell a story that they want people to believe in, and candidates are playing the role, like actors, by a creative personae that people will be attracted to.
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Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.
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Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them.
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In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet a child's need for quietness is the same today as it has always been--it may even be greater--for quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.
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I have always been infatuated with country music.
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The problem is that, over time, big pieces of business that have to get done without leadership from Washington, don't get done.
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The Chili Peppers do a lot of improvising, but it's within the framework of song structures. The Meatbats is from a purely instrumental standpoint. But when you hear the term 'instrumental music' you think it's real serious stuff and everybody's playing a million notes and it's about playing fast. That's not what we do.
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I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.
