Vera Farmiga Quotes
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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I had a great AP U.S. History teacher in Pittsburgh. We still exchange Christmas cards. She was the first teacher who said I was a good writer - and I'd never heard that before. And so I remember that, and I remember that level of loving the material and really loving writing about it.
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The 'Room 93' EP was just kind of picking apart the sense of voyeurism and the sense of isolation and turning it into, essentially, a little black book and reflecting on - at that time - 19 years of me forming relationships with people.
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I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one gravity belt and having to get back out of it again. And the moon doesn't have a lot to offer as a resource base.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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History's a resource.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.
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None of our family businesses were focused on technology. It was '93 when I came out of law school, and the Internet was taking hold. So I started New World Ventures.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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I made a very conscious decision to quit acting. I was on a series, and we were in the process of renegotiating. They had an idea of what they thought I was worth, and I had an idea that was quite different.
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I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.
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Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.
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Is anything worth it?
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I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
