Theresa Breslin Quotes
Lying eats into the soul. If it becomes a habit it frays the edge of your spirit. Truth telling, although sometimes harder to do, strengthens your heart. It serves a person ill not to tell the truth.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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He is not someone who went off to play in Europe and only a few Americans follow. He has the potential to be on magazine covers and more newspaper coverage.
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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
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I feel like Barack Obama, kind of in a political sense, embodies that same kind of spirit as a Q-Tip or a Santogold or a Common. I feel like there is a synergy going on here in this country and abroad. I feel like the doors are open, and it's time to push them wide open.
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Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding anything. I have worked with children in films, and they're treated as adults and they just drop the pretense of being children.
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I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college.
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As a businessman, I saw club tracks as a new franchise that could be profitable for years to come. It was like being in McDonald's and realizing that even though cheeseburgers and fries sold big, you could also make money serving up McRibs, which are always available for a limited time only.
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We must get government out of the way and help foster an environment where small businesses are free to grow and create jobs.
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A man of truth must also be a man of care.
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We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.
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I wouldn't want you to see me all the time on the screen, because I get bored of it myself!
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We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.
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In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.
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That's why I love theatre, because things happen in the moment. I think you work without being conscious that you're working.
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I think if I weren't an actress, I might have made a halfway decent attorney! I like the way they think.
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The bedrock of 'Being Human' has to be characters. I would hope that even if suddenly we had a huge budget per episode, the foundation of the show, and the thing that actually makes it what it is, is character.
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Whoever would have his body supple, easy and healthful should learn to dance.
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Lying eats into the soul. If it becomes a habit it frays the edge of your spirit. Truth telling, although sometimes harder to do, strengthens your heart. It serves a person ill not to tell the truth.
