Amanda Hesser Quotes
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Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
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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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You can't compare me to my father. Our similarities are different.
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I found my prince - he's a hockey player and we met at an NHL event, the last place I'd ever expect to meet someone, but there he was.
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Around the world, people look to Ireland as a country where it doesn't matter where you come from but where you want to go.
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When I come in from the beach at night, I'm too hungry to wait for anything that takes very long.
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The food doesn't matter, really. What it evokes does.
