Patti LuPone Quotes
I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life.
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I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and he goosed the process.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009, one of the first laws the president signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He established an Equal Pay Task Force led by Valerie Jarrett to help women get paid what they earn.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
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As a kid at school, I had a lot of really good teachers and I had a lot of really bad teachers, and I just know how much of an impact those can have on a young child. To be one of the good teachers - I want to have that kind of impact.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do.
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Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.
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I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.
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If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.
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Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle talent.
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Somebody who knows all about how to make the record, or how to make records, they know how to work the EQ and they know how to work the stuff, but they don't know what I want it to sound like. So it's just easier for me to do it myself.
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A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on, on many levels.
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I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life.
