Maya Rudolph Quotes
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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Part of what makes your performances more convincing is that your own image isn't getting in the way. And the more you can keep it like that, the better for your work and your state of mind.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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You get more insight as you get older, on everything.
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There is a lot of negativity that you welcome into your life when you're an actor. You bare your soul for anyone to see.
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Making movies, you're like an independent contractor - you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you do is completely manipulated, which is good and bad.
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My old man tried to force on me a notion of what it was to be a 'man.' And it destroyed my dad.
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After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.
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The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.
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There's nothing unclassy about being naked, if it's appropriate.
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I always liked parties. You meet people; you can have fun.
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We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.
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Today there are two points where a car manufacturer has interaction with you as an owner of a car. One, you buy the car. Two, you go to the car shop to repair the car.
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Jen Lawrence is quite a fan of 'Game of Thrones.'
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Humanity is less, far less than the individual, because the individual may sometimes be capable of truth, and humanity is a tree of lies.
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Anytime you can be a part of something that hopefully tries to make a cultural contribution, I love the idea of that.
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I grew up in the Fifties, and the majority of people in my class had fathers living at home. I was very aware that I was in the minority. I had a foreign name, and my daddy didn't come and pick me up from school. I felt like an outsider, which probably helped me as an actress.
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Someday America will have its very own commercial-free TV and radio station devoted to only one thing: to teach people, in their homes, all the essentials of personal achievement.
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I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry.
