Nancy E. Turner Quotes
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner.
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Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities.
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I see couples fighting about the stupidest things. You just have to rise above everything.
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.
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My mother's parents died when I was quite young, so I would like to be able to go back and know those people as an adult.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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This result was confirmed by different researchers using various experimental arrangements.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
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I am no longer able to be anonymous.
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I'm not the biggest horror fan. I get scared so easily. If I'm just walking on set, and someone taps me on the shoulder, I scream and jump and freak out.
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For a Westerner to trash Western culture is like criticizing our nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere on the grounds that it sometimes gets windy, and besides, Jupiter's is much prettier. You may not realize its advantages until you're trying to breathe liquid methane.
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The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
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Getting out of bed is a good way to leave your troubles behind.
