Max von Essen Quotes
When I'm working, I try to be serious and rest where I can. I just mark in rehearsals. I still train. I warm up. And I still take lessons from this unbelievable teacher in New York, Joan Lader. I try to be stretched and ready to go.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
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I had a stalker break into my house a couple times. They didn't leave any fingerprints or take anything - I was being followed.
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Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.
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No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
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I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself.
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I love doing costumes. The costume is an actor's first line, so it's gotta be right!
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I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children's author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president.
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Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.
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The arms race is a race between nuclear weapons and ourselves.
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Physical books are still my favorite, but I own an e-book reader. They're convenient for travel.
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Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.
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When I'm working, I try to be serious and rest where I can. I just mark in rehearsals. I still train. I warm up. And I still take lessons from this unbelievable teacher in New York, Joan Lader. I try to be stretched and ready to go.
