Geena Davis Quotes
When I was first starting out was also when I first started really paying attention to the Oscars and stuff like that. And I remember thinking, 'Wow, everything is great for women in Hollywood, because Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange, Sally Field - they're all doing incredible work.'
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A reciprocal of a fraction is found by flipping it upside down. If you want the reciprocal of a mixed number or a whole number, just convert it to an improper fraction, and then flip it!
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Jay Townsend has offered, and I have accepted, his resignation from his position with my campaign. Now let's return to talking about issues that really matter to families: job creation, spending restraint and economic development.
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I am doing what I love; acting is what I love best after being a mother.
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It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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To be well turned out, a woman should turn her thoughts in.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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Just getting to wake up and play somebody else for an entire day is just an amazing thing.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Acting and recording an album at the same time, that's not my sport. I could write a movie when my attention was paid to that. But I'm good at one thing at a time.
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I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.
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I would say what you have to do as a screenwriter is strip the book back to find the skeleton. When you've found the skeleton - that's what you trust - you reclothe.
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I actually really love to work out. You need to find what you love.
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I had a professor one time... He said, 'Class, you will forget almost everything I will teach you in here, so please remember this: that God spoke to Balaam through his ass, and He has been speaking through asses ever since. So, if God should choose to speak through you, you need not think too highly of yourself. And, if on meeting someone, right away you recognize what they are, listen to them anyway'.
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When I was first starting out was also when I first started really paying attention to the Oscars and stuff like that. And I remember thinking, 'Wow, everything is great for women in Hollywood, because Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange, Sally Field - they're all doing incredible work.'
