Michelle Monaghan Quotes
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September 11 awoke us to the threat of terrorism. It was forever bookmarked in our history as the day when life as Americans knew it, changed forever.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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When I was a baby feminist, leading feminist thinkers were insisting that if women ran the world, there would be no sadism or war.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one white whale in the ocean. When you're a boy growing up in a hostile home, you imagine it's unique: it's happening only to you.
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I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.
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I don't focus on the scale. I focus on doing my job. The team staff and the program I've been working on, they've been touching on that, but I don't focus on the scale.
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I loved all of the 'Zenon' movies. Those were my jam mostly because of the fashion. I loved something about the space buns and the weird neon colors. I couldn't just wear that in real life because people would look weirdly at me, but maybe at a party or something.
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With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind,And makes the happiness she does not find.
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I don't like talking unnecessarily, and my communication skills are zilch. I just can't converse with people. Maybe it's because of my stuttering or stammering, but I'm not confident of talking with people. I only talk to very close friends and family.
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Getting 'SNL' was pretty amazing, so just to be able to have an eight-year career there and be really happy with everything I did, it was pretty big.
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Skiing sand in midday sun was impossible - the sand becomes hot and abrasive.
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When you're just focused on nutrition and hunger, that's a harder, harder lift in isolation.
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I'm reading Joe Eszterhas biography; it's fabulous. Every time he made a movie, he fought with the director or the producer over the ending.
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I warn people, your 40s will require massive amounts of humor and humility.
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Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.
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When you’re at the beginning, don’t obsess about the middle, because the middle is going to look different once you get there.
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Getting pregnant wasn't easy, and I found that devastating. I really beat myself up for waiting so long when I'd always wanted children and family had been the basis of my happiness my whole life.
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Everything looks more beautiful in retrospect.
