Laura Dern Quotes
We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
Quotes to Explore
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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I tell my daughter Nyssa, 'You should respect my work, and I will also respect yours when you grow up.' 'Work is worship' is what I have told her.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South Africa. That was around 1976, the time of the Soweto Uprising, when police fired on children and students who were protesting. I was part of the group of interns who volunteered to treat them.
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I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
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I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.
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I've always felt that the truth is in the silence.
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Life cannot be destroyed for good, neithercan history be brought entirely to a halt. A secret streamlet trickles on beneath the heavy lid of inertia and pseudo-events, slowly and inconspicuously undercutting it. It may be a long process, but one day it must happen: the lid will no longer hold and will start to crack. This is the moment when something once more begins visibly to happen, something truly new and uniquesomething truly historical, in the sense that history again demands to be heard.
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I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport - would never do it and don't like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it's fine.
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The complexity of the emotional life of the play is what you live to work on.
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We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
