Jessica Chastain Quotes
Making films can be very lonely, and that's the part I don't like. I don't want to feel like I'm pressing 'pause' on my personal life to make a movie. I want to feel like I'm still creating relationships and things are moving forward.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
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Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a significant cache of nuclear materials.
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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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If your woman picks your ducks, and she cooks and carries her Bible... now there's the complete package of womanhood.
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Sometimes the break in your heart is like the hole in the flute. Sometimes it’s the place where the music comes through.
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I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college.
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I just want to be the best Carly Rae I can be.
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I believe that there are certain attributes in a woman that give her some advantages over a man. Women are usually more honest, more sensitive to issues and bring a stronger sense of commitment and dedication to what they do. Maybe because they were mothers, and being a mother you have that special attention for the family, for the young, for children…
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Making films can be very lonely, and that's the part I don't like. I don't want to feel like I'm pressing 'pause' on my personal life to make a movie. I want to feel like I'm still creating relationships and things are moving forward.
