Oscar Wilde Quotes
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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I don't know what's with me and the 'of God' shows. It's hard to tweet about, because I guess 'God' triggers some kind of filter.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but I made sure I wasn't the only.
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Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
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People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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It's not my goal to be a famous actor.
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There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can't get rid of it, but it's not something that's terribly obvious.
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Whenever I write a new song, it always happens when I come back from Europe or Egypt or something like that. It's always from travelling.
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There is no accountability in soft money. None.
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But it was hard to leave because the show's been so important in our lives.
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In 2005 in Iraq, the constitution was written. A new government was elected. That government was trying to take office in 2006.
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When we tend to the areas of life that are important to us, when we make those things a priority, that's when we will flourish in those areas.
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Becoming an actor wasn’t a choice – it was something I was forced into. At 3, you can’t make those choices... I supported my family, and if I got fired or missed an audition, I’d be punished as if I’d messed up in school. I was starved, because they wanted to keep my weight at a certain place; my hair was bleached – that was my life. I wasn’t allowed to play with kids on my block or ride a bike or play ball, in case I got a scratch – I wasn’t even allowed to be bar mitzvahed because I couldn’t attend enough lessons.
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I've never made choices based on money - I always trust my gut.
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Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.
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There was a time when I was 23 years old that I thought my career was over because I couldn't move my hand. It turned out it was just a pinched nerve.
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It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting.
