Maya Rudolph Quotes
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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I'm not a babysitter.
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I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.
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A great writer requires a great biography, and a great biography must tell the truth.
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so that makes Google my best friend.
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As I tell young people in workshops, 'It's your country. If you came here on the bottom of a slave ship, if your people came here seeking political freedom – however your folks got here – it belongs to you just as much as it belongs to anyone, so claim it. It's your birthright. America belongs to every person who is here.'
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I think that people who don't like kids are awful people.
