Nancy Burson Quotes
Don't we have to respond to people who don't seem normal to us? Will my child grow up able to accept that not everyone looks the same?
Quotes to Explore
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If you are a girl dressing up in the morning thinking about the whole world having a point of view on what you are wearing, it takes the pleasure out of getting dressed.
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I haven't gotten a lot of feedback about, 'Oh, you helped me in this way.' But on social media, people are like, 'Thank you for your positive posts,' or 'It's fun to see you grow and your character. I feel like I'm growing with you.'
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I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.
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I'm pretty much friendly and compassionate to everybody. But not to people in the ring.
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People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point.
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I'm a pretty chill and easygoing person; most people in Australia are, as well. I don't think I ever really saw a lot of fights growing up. I think it's hard to get people in Australia angry and want to fight, minus one or two people in the media... but we won't say any names.
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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.
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Our parents were really, really grounded people but also really ambitious people, meaning they saw our ambition and were willing to help us chase it.
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I think the Mama people remember is from 'Mama's Family.' She really turned into a pretty cool character. The sketches from the 'Burnett' show, if people are old enough to remember, were written by writers who all hated their mothers.
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I knew the profanity used up and down my street would not go over the air... So I trained myself to say 'Holy Cow' instead.
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Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.
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I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.
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I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK, everyone needs to look up to me and respect me.' I've always just been one of the guys that people are excited to get in the ring with. That's all I want.
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
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I think there are some people who are just kind of born to create drama and then capitalise on it.
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When we live the 21st-century good life, almost every aspect of it is predicated on not looking at the implications of what we're up to. Happiness at this point has a lot to do with not looking, so you don't feel complicit in some vast and awful enterprise.
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I'm kind of a gypsy, so I love living out of a suitcase and going from place to place meeting people.
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I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them.
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Every society needs people who can encourage and stimulate and cheer. They are the ones who make the world run. You can be one of them!
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My dad was a workaholic. I saw him work seven days a week.
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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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Don't we have to respond to people who don't seem normal to us? Will my child grow up able to accept that not everyone looks the same?
