Joyce DeWitt Quotes
People call me and ask me for advice all the time. On an elevator they tell me their problems. I think it's in part because I'm Italian so I'm emotionally available and I have a friendly persona.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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My thinking is lot more different with many actresses in the industry. I don't understand why people in showbiz put their profession of acting in the back seat after marriage.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.
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Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.
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Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
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I don't consciously use my own life or experience at all.
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I'm really interested in the difference between selfishness and generosity. It confuses me to no end because sometimes it all just feels like pure indulgence on my part.
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The airport paparazzi kind of wigs me out a little bit.
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For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.
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I wanna record these girls individually. And then, I wanna cut a blues album on me. But all of it, original stuff, you know. When I listen to the blues today, it's like they all sounds similar. I wanna do something different, to try to add to the blues flavor.
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In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.
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More money means litigating, more player-hating. Got a cell at the pen, for me waiting. Is this my fate?
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I am running (for president) because I think the world is falling apart.
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O let the organ, many-voiced, sing boldly, O let it roar like spring's first thunderstorm! My half-closed eyes over your young bride's shoulder Will meet your eyes just once and then no more.
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If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.
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Uninsured care happens in this country, and here's the problem. It's not properly accounted for. The people who pay for uninsured care at the moment are the hospitals and the doctors and all of the medical providers.
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I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.
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When I first came back from Iraq, I of course found myself thinking a lot about it. Not just my experiences, but those of people I talked to, friends, and colleagues.
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Miramax didn't introduce the actors at any of the screenings. That's why a lot of people thought 'Kids' was a documentary. I still meet people who think it was real.
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People call me and ask me for advice all the time. On an elevator they tell me their problems. I think it's in part because I'm Italian so I'm emotionally available and I have a friendly persona.
