Jill McCorkle Quotes
Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a place with a kind of redemption.
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I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.
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It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.'
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
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The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
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I think I'm bad luck for Tiger because he missed the cut in Charlotte with me. But yeah, those are two of the best players of all time. Tiger's the best player of all time in my opinion, so when he's not in the field, it's a relief because he's such a great player.
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What I would like to be remembered for is that Walter Washington changed the spirit of the people of this city, that he came in as mayor when there was hate and greed and misunderstanding among our people and the races were polarized.
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I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.
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I clean up really well. I can get dolled up.
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What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
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The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
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My name is Zach Galifianakis and I hope I'm pronouncing that right. I'm named after my granddad, my middle name. My name is Zach Granddad Galifianakis.
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In Japan, a company worker's position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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You don't have any civil liberties if you're dead.
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We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their leaves, the amber grainShrunk in the wind,-and the lightning now Is tangled in tremulous skeins of rain.
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Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.
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Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that's really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy.
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Prophetic of infidel times, and indicating the unsoundness of our general education, 'The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation', has started into public favour with a fair chance of poisoning the fountains of science, and sapping the foundations of religion.
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It's not curators, it's not critics, it's not the public, it's not collectors who find great artists - it's other artists.
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Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a place with a kind of redemption.
