Amanda Hesser Quotes
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I've got a nice car. I love my job. I've got a bagel store, and I have breakfast every morning with friends I grew up with. I've been in movies, I've written books - I don't know how that all happened.
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I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make.
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My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
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I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television when it first came on, because I was so blown away by it. It was just such a cool thing.
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According to the papers, I'm miserable, alienated, and on the brink of resignation. But that's simply not where I am.
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I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'
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We have a choice - we can both think and feel, using our heads and our hearts.
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I entered the acting world at a time when there was a higher demand for Middle Eastern actors in the post-9/11 world, and yeah, the roles weren't great.
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We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a Jew lends tacit validity to this status quo. People have morally identified with a subset of humanity rather than with humanity as a whole.
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In comparison to other women in the world, perhaps I'm seen as smaller. But I've never had a problem thinking of myself as a large woman.
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I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.
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All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'
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I read everything by Ian McEwan, he is so elegant. I love reading anything about Shakespeare, too. He is my first love. If I had a time machine, I would be hanging out with him.
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I've worked nonstop for 31 years. I've counted down myself hundreds of cues for everything in each 90-minute show. I've never really taken an extended break, so I'd like to see what a vacation is really like.
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The number of business leaders who asked me to lower their taxes can be counted on one hand.
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My face always looks bored or depressed. It's not an accurate impression.
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Being a known person is pretty much all I've known. I don't remember much of a time when people didn't know who I was.
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Normally, if you do a television show, it's 25 episodes. Your year is kind of shot, you know what I mean?
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I love classical. I have a lot of, like, Bach and Mozart and stuff. Then you flip on over, and I've got, like, Kanye West and, you know, just a bunch of - I am very eclectic. I love every sort of music.
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The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
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I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
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First time I looked at a Formula One car in person, I just stared at the cockpit, figuring I'd never get in there. The drivers wear the whole car like a tight-fitting suit.
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I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius.
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The food doesn't matter, really. What it evokes does.
