Olympia Snowe Quotes
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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A friend is someone who will allow me to be a really bad friend and not hold it against me.
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I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.
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Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
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I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.
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If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
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Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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When you're invested in your own business, you're going to run it better. When people are financially responsible for whether their store succeeds, they're going to have that kind of entrepreneurial spirit that's harder to get if headquarters is running things.
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You know of the how, but I know of the how-less.
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I've never seen 'The Goonies.' I've never seen 'Indiana Jones.' I watched 'UHF' over and over again when I was little, and that was it. I had no time for any other movies. I watched 'Naked Gun,' 'UHF,' and 'Airplane!' over and over.
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I know people who've gone to jail. It don't mean you stop loving them! They deservin' love just as much in there, and maybe they needin' it more.
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I can't write a novel without first really doing reporting. I don't even call it research; it's reporting. That process is very important to the granularity of my writing. I have to know what the reality is so I can be more convincing in the writing.
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We are here today because we want to be responsible stewards of the surplus,
