Jessica Chastain Quotes
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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others.
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I want to be the defensive player to break the MVP barrier. I want to break barriers. I want to do things when people tell me I can't.
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The biggest killer of people is food.
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A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy.
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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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Rent and the cost of essentials like food and child care are rising so fast that wages are not keeping up.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
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That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's not about the action and scary moments: You really care about these characters because they're mirrors of our own reflections.
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You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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If it's not hard, you're not dreaming big enough!
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I honestly never really watch the Emmys.
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Sometimes we mask ourselves to further reveal ourselves, and it's always been connected to me with being a writer: We tell lies to tell a greater truth. The story is a mask; the characters you create are masks. That appeals to me. Aside from that, too, in the carnival the masks were beautiful, and offered a vision of Haitian creativity.
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Markets as well as mobs respond to human emotions; markets as well as mobs can be inflamed to their own destruction.
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Books work as an art form (and an economic one) because they are primarily the work of an individual.
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I'm the unknown everyone's already sick of.