Mara Wilson Quotes
I think if I could do it over again - as much as I loved meeting the people I did on the films after 'Matilda' - I wish that I had stopped after 'Matilda.' I wish that I had just focused on my own life for a while.
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After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.
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I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
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We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.
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In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. Given the inequality prevalent in family structures, the woman's right to opt out is suicidal.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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My dad met my mom at Casper College in the orientation line. He studied business and eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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You learn from the mistakes you make and from the mistakes other people make. The truth is, you don't learn from success; you learn from failure.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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They're pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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I think if I could do it over again - as much as I loved meeting the people I did on the films after 'Matilda' - I wish that I had stopped after 'Matilda.' I wish that I had just focused on my own life for a while.
