Mireille Enos Quotes
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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People constantly describe me as a formalist or even a minimalist, but I'm not really bothered with the rules of painting or the history of painting. My approach is that everything is mine. I take what I can use from wherever, and then I forget where I've taken it from. But there is no point me making anything that looks like anyone else's.
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With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty.
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I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.
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I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
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I lost 80 percent of my wealth and then gave away over half of the rest. So I'm a man of modest means now. But if you budget carefully and watch your expenditures, you can get by on a couple billion dollars.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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If you're smart and you care about life, you'll take driving seriously.
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There's no one on this earth taken less seriously in a leadership context than a young woman - everything is against you.
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There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
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I do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and they stretch you. I don't think you become a bigger person, but you develop certain muscles you didn't have before.
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In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics.
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An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear.
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Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.
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I feel curious about every situation I'm in.
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I get better roles in television. I'm not going to do a lesser role just to be in a feature film.
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All mankind, right down to those you most despise, are your neighbors.
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The best instruction is that which uses the least words sufficient for the task.
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Ten days after my 'one-step' reconstruction, I was on the beach with my daughter.
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There was a time when the FCC tried to require a certain amount of television and media to be educational, a certain amount to be newsworthy and a certain amount of it to be public access.
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Being brave enough to just be unapologetic for who you are, that's a goddess.
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There is a shotgun wedding going on and its between Marketing and IT. Finance's worst nightmare.
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Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.
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I don't watch television because I have a tiny baby daughter. I'm useless.
