Petra Haden Quotes
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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I think American audiences like gangster movies. You know, it's part of the culture.
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Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so the major labels were just always out of our picture, we're not interested.
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I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.
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I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.
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I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most.
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When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get things done.
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I never like to be the same, whether it be comedy or drama, funny or serious.
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People think that if they read something in the newspaper or see it on TV, it has to be true.
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I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head.
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To really understand what love is, you've kinda got to dig down deeper than just how you feel at the moment.
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I had to decide if I wanted to be known as a writer or a reader. I chose writer.
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Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away.Every ounce of energy you try to give away.As the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.Later in the evening, as you lie awake in bed.With the echoes from the amplifiers ringin' in your head.You smoke the day's last cigarette, rememberin' what she said.
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I always related my favorite music to the movies.
