Amanda Hesser Quotes
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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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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 am not struggling. What I do, it is what I do.
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I think 'Dear White People,' the show, is a tremendous artistic achievement. It's always hinting that there is something beyond the pleading and wokeness, something that the show's more militant characters can't see.
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On a daily basis there are some huge ones that are, sure, from time to time, but it is helping the reader sort through all this sort of gray stuff out there.
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People who live in North Korea, they die for food, but living in the free world, the cat even eats expensive sushi.
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My dad was in a Beatles cover band. My mom wore Candies and belly buttons. The people in our family were very glamorous. They wore pearls like Jackie O.
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When you write songs for your best friends and maybe two other people to hear, and then realize that a million other people are going to hear them, it can be a bit worrying. You get concerned about what you might reveal.
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We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.
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The food doesn't matter, really. What it evokes does.
