Natalie Massenet Quotes
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I'm very content.
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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You get your heart stomped by the opposite sex, and you're hurting so badly that you write 'Sometimes When We Touch.' But then what happens when you've been married for 25 years? You can't rely on those emotional male-female roller coasters. You have to start using your imagination and the powers of empathy more.
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Everybody gets dressed every day, and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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Some stories, my property, have been stolen. Someone's appropriated them. It's an illicit act. It's unfair. Suppose you had a coat you liked, and somebody went into your closet and stole it. That's how I feel.
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I've been disappointed by so many movie stars that I've seen, and they go out and they don't do it up, you know. And they don't - I just get so disappointed.
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Most people are really dedicated to doing good things.
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Don't hate me, but I've always been skinny. I got lucky.
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Reading is a free practice. I think the readers are free to begin by the books where they want to. They don't have to be led in their reading.
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Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
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I would love to work with Martin Scorsese.
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We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman, having inner command and outer excellence.
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No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.
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I am completely fascinated by the differences and comparisons between real life and fairy tales because we're raised as little girls to think that we're a princess and that Prince Charming is going to sweep us off our feet.
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When children are hungry, sleepy from a night spent fighting untreated asthma, or hobbled by symptoms of undiagnosed illnesses, they are less likely to do well in school.
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There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep. So I would go downstairs and write. The staff had a pool going on how many pages of typing I would bring in here in the morning.
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I really only worked for about a month on 'Meatballs.' What happened was that Ivan Reitman figured out that studios wanted to meet everybody involved with 'Animal House' except the producer. So he thought he'd better start directing.
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Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me – it was actually my first instrument.
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I just wear what I like, and lots of it is British.
