Edie Falco Quotes
I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.
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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
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I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.
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After I was 70, I realized that, 'Okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could.' But part of me is saying, 'Maybe I'm not going to have that much time.'
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It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking our careers will come to a standstill, or worse, crash and burn if we aren't social media butterflies.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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I'm guilty of it myself, sort of thinking, 'Classic novels: snoozeville.' But there is a huge amount of wonderful material.
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A lot of times people feel a little apprehensive about suggesting to actually meet in person. One of the reasons that can be hard is people think they have to propose something super novel.
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I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be a free actor.
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Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.
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Any faith of more than 1.6 billion people is going to have some of them who falsely justify actions on that faith.
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Blending tracks and weaving and manipulating prerecorded music to create this mood, some people do it much better than others.
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Thinking fragments reality - it cuts it up into conceptual bits and pieces.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and drama, so I could draw upon it.
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Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
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Some people like just sitting down and being taken for a ride. That's a beautiful thing that fiction can do. But it's not the only thing. In television and film, people are ready to accept any kind of jump cut, but the slightest disturbance on the page ruffles their feathers.
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Humour allows people to exhale a little.
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Who is that person that comes around and says, 'You are OK, you are worthy, you are special?' That makes all the difference in the world for many of us. Those are the people we appreciate the most.
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Unfortunately, a lot people still don't understand queer culture.
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Repenting and coming unto Christ through the covenants and ordinances of salvation are prerequisite to and a preparation for being sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost and standing spotless before God at the last day.
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My father was a writer; I've known a lot of children of writers - daughters and sons of writers, and it can be a hard way to grow up.
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Gay marriage should be legalized in america because gay men are the only men who want to be married.
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Run. Yoga. Hike. Generally try to outpace the nerves. If that doesn't work, one Jack on the rocks.
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I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.
