Famke Janssen Quotes
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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The latest revelation - from no Mount Sinai, Sermon on the Mount or Bo tree - is the outcry of mute things themselves that we must heed by curbing our powers over creation, lest we perish together on a wasteland of what that creation once was.
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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All of my relationships have happened organically with people who are super cool and in my life and it just moved into a relationship zone.
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
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People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
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I am musical and I enjoy theatre, but I never wanted to just do theatre. I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.
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You look in my room and it looks neat enough, but if you dared to look under my bed or in my closet, oh what a mess!
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke.
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Man, I was scared. I didn't know what to think. All of a sudden, I got a record climbing the charts, and I'm out in the streets. You know, workin' on the docks. And the first week, it sold something like 40,000 in New Orleans.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
