Alice Mattison Quotes
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I always struggle auditioning, actually, because I'm so obsessed with era-appropriate clothing.
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Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.
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I'm one of those pesky Brits.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
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In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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Women are just much better at getting degrees than men. It seems that school at every level plays to the natural strengths of women more than it does to men.
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People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show - like, does it have to have sci-fi elements? But I think it's just a show that satisfies the secret craving we all have to be obsessed with something and not feel at all stupid about it.
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The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time.
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We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.
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I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely.
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What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.
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As an actor, what I'm finding is that I really like the extremes. I think that's really fun to play with.
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Real estate investing is unique in that it's almost as much a career or a way of life as it is a form of investing. Indeed, the fact that real estate is involves so much sweat equity makes it unique among other investments.
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Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope I no longer strive to strive towards such things (Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign?
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'Now he's just signed Fall Out Boy, which means more of his attention will go to them that should have gone to The Killers'.
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America is 100% 18th Century. The 18th century had chucked out the principle of metaphor and analogy - the basic fact that as A is to B so is C to D. AB:CD. It can see AB relations. But relations in four terms are still verboten. This amounts to deep occultation of nearly all human thought for the USA.
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My No. 1 responsibility when I'm not slaying zombies is being a parent.
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The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres.
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The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to build it back up.
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Truly things are better in general now, in America, than in the past.
