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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Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.
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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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Just because people are older, they don't have the right to tell you what's right and wrong.
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People who have life-challenging experiences who choose to remain invested in a consistent catastrophic interpretation are not the ones I meet. I have met many more people who have recognized how vital it is to their healing and to the quality of their life to interpret their experiences differently. That is why some of the people I've met who have life-challenging illnesses are much happier than some people I've known who are physically quite healthy and yet who live lives of greater desperation and depression.
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I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.
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As far as value goes, obviously it's nicer to be in an environment where you feel comfortable. But it's also clear that it's probably not the most realistic thing.
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An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.
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The food doesn't matter, really. What it evokes does.
