Jennifer Weiner Quotes
Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful.
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Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.
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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
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I started off in comedy, but that's just where I got my work. I've always been an actor.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.
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It's not like I'm sitting at home coming up with some secret beauty plan.
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Secretary Rumsfeld used to represent parts of our district in the 1960s. I think that he and his team have done a masterful job in defeating Iraqi forces quickly and decisively.
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I wouldn't want to be reincarnated as a butler. I couldn't for the life of me do the job in real life.
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When you're the guy inside of a character and you've lived with it for almost two years, you're always a bit defensive about the character, and you want to root for the character you're playing.
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The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a film. Everybody that makes them has an ego, and the problem with awards and stuff like that is that it always affects the egos, and everyone gets stained by it in some way. And that can be fine and very innocent, but it can be horrible as well.
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Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do.
