Melanie Lynskey Quotes
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By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated.
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I love watching the old movies. I love Katharine Hepburn. I just adore her and everything that she stood for. I find it interesting watching the likes of Gene Tierney and those classic movies of the '40s.
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The future doesn't matter if I don't enjoy what's going on right now.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Your man wants to know that there's nothing you wouldn't do for him - if that's your committed relationship.
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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
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Fashion's important to me, but beauty fades. All that stuff is fun while it lasts, but anything can happen tomorrow. You've got to have so much more about you than the way you look or your clothes.
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.
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I will never leave the theater. My heart is there, and I love being on stage 8 times a week.
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I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.
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I think encouraging young people to twerk might be a bad thing. It's a stripper's move. If I had a daughter of nine, I wouldn't want her twerking.
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I wish I had given more time to learning classical singing.
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If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'
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To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.
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A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.
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I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, 'This kid is not growing up, he is growing tall but he can be broken like a banana.' The banana in Congo is called 'Dikembe.' So my uncle start calling me, 'Dikembe, Dikembe, look at you Dikembe, you cannot even stand up.' It took a long time for me to walk.
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Love is not just about love for your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, or wife. Love, for me, is the love for my work, family, and even friends. The emotion is very strong. It comes with a lot of responsibilities.
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I did play every little note on the guitar on that record.
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I go through cycles with my writing. I have cycles where I'm up all night and lose track of time, and then I go for months without a thing to write about. My song 'So Good, So Right' came to me while I was washing dishes after a dinner party.
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Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.
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I guess I have a strong constitution.
