Gail Collins Quotes
In college, the guys aren't worrying about whether they'll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids.
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The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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I'm just being me on Instagram, and that's what I love about it. It's definitely personal, and it's, like, no one in my team would ever get my password for my Instagram. Like, that's a no-no.
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One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
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As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie.
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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
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I always encourage over-tipping if you can afford it because... share the wealth.
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I am part of a team organising an Emma Hamilton exhibition for the National Maritime Museum for 2016, and the amount of planning is a revelation - borrowing from museums and collections all over the world.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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Maybe black and white is the best medium for landscapes, I don't know.
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For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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I often have the impression that the book I've just finished isn't satisfied: that it rejects me because I haven't successfully completed it. Because there is no going back, I'm forced to begin a new book so I can finally complete the previous one.
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I believe all universities should at least offer courses in politics and policy implementation.
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My kids are the most inspiring thing that pushes me. It used to be because they were born, and I had to take care of them. Now it's because my son raps, and he's better than me. So now I gotta keep up with him, you know what I'm saying?
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If I had a magic wand, I would live in a building in New York, big enough so my friends, my family could all have apartments in it. We'd raise our kids in the same space and have backyard barbecues and get old and fat together.
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With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.
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Anything worth doing good takes a little chaos.
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In the 1980s, there was no category to stick me in. 'He sounds too smart' is what I was hearing. I realized that I had to become a member of the school of what I call 'ugly acting.' Which meant I wanted to do what Dustin Hoffman did very successfully: to play character roles, but lead character roles.
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In college, the guys aren't worrying about whether they'll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids.
