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 sometimes feel tired. But there are so many reasons for being tired.
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Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show.
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Hyperbole was to Lyndon Johnson what oxygen is to life.
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You want people - I want people to relate to me as a character. I want them to go, 'That could have been me,' or, 'I know someone like that.'
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I was crawling out of the bedroom window with my older sister when I should have still been playing with dolls.
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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.
