Joanna Coles Quotes
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I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.
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I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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People watch me, waiting for me to slip up, so my privacy has gone - but that's a price you pay.
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I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never liked me, and I was always the new kid.
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What's genius about 'Gravity' is that you are close upon the actors, but 3D works best when you have foreground, middle ground and background.
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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.
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The biggest danger for any organism is to not identify that it's being threatened. I want to hope that people realize that the source of danger and risk in the Middle East is not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but the deep radical Islamic vision of forming a global caliphate.
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I'm planning to be here forever, but I know at some point I'll probably have to give it up. If you live to 100, there's a very good chance you'll live forever. Because very few people die after 100.
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Wherever I go, people are so kind and so lovely and so warm and show their best self. So I feel very lucky.
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I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
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I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.
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I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.
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I have relationships with people I'm working with, based on our combined interest. It doesn't make the relationship any less sincere, but it does give it a focus that may not last beyond the experience.
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Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.
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We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue.
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The essence of a person is not the clothing she wears or the things he does. People who love them do not stop loving them when they change clothing or do other things. Your essence is not even your history, culture, race, or what you think and do. It is your soul.
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For some reason, the word 'feminist' freaks people out, but when you look it up, all it means is equal opportunity.
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If you're like me and nosy, you're always eavesdropping on other people's conversations.
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Wonderful things happen when you turn 50: you change perspective. You ask, 'Who am I? What do I want to do with my life? What have I not done that I want to do?'
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I just go out there and play. I don't know if it's being young and not getting calls, or some other circumstances. I'm just trying to make a play.
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I have been skiing since I was in school, but I'm not great. I am never going to break an Olympic record, I just want to go down the hills, on red or blue runs, but not... black.
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Apps have made it easier to meet people but harder to connect.
