Melanie Lynskey Quotes

There's not much of a follow-your-dreams kind of vibe in New Zealand or my family.

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• I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Life
  • Work
  • Family

• I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.

  

  Adam Brody
  • Character
  • Age
  • Pretty

• I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Black

• And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • People
  • May
  • Think

• With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?

  

  Rafael Palmeiro
  • People
  • Great
  • Me

• These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Filipinos more than their leader because it was made to appear as if Filipinos would tolerate a leader who would torture his own people, who would utilize his executive prerogatives for abuses.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • People
  • Power
  • Leader

• The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Time
  • Sleep
  • Brain

• I think that for a child to be in a household... with a situation where the parents are not married, as in being one man and one woman, is not the best household for a child.

  

  Karen Handel
  • Parents
  • Man
  • Best

• As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows and movies. And I always wanted to fly.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Movie
  • Science
  • Star

• That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Great
  • Long
  • Television

• One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

  

  Barbara Jordan
  • People
  • Different
  • Me

• We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • Way
  • Change
  • Woman

• Some people think they should go to Heaven but not have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • People
  • Die
  • Heaven

• And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

  

  Venerable Bede
  • Words
  • Knowledge
  • Day

• Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Easy
  • Hungry
  • Bread

• A good leader must be fair.

  

  Yao Ming
  • Good
  • Leader
  • Fair

• When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.

  

  Edie Falco
  • Attention
  • Say
  • Everyone

• Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Women
  • Shopping
  • Habits

• I've done 70 different characters on my podcast. But in terms of characters that I revisit a lot, I think there are 10 that I know more in-depth.

  

  Lauren Lapkus
  • Different
  • Done

• I think 'weird' is an interesting way to say 'unique.' It has a strange connotation, but weird is good. If you embrace your weirdness, you'll be on the way to becoming who you are.

  

  Ben Falcone
  • Good
  • Interesting
  • Weird

• I think the philosophy that you have to have if you travel frequently is, stuff is just stuff. Even if it has some sentimental or family connection, if you lose it in the world, it's still just a thing, and I think if you don't have that attitude, you will get incredibly stressed out and not enjoy your travels.

  

  Leila Janah
  • World
  • Family
  • Travel

• I think anything goes in fiction as long as it fits within the interior logic of the work itself and is presented in a disciplined manner.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Work
  • Long
  • Logic

• It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it.

  

  Julia Roberts
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Funny

• There's not much of a follow-your-dreams kind of vibe in New Zealand or my family.

  

  Melanie Lynskey
  • Family