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 am a huge wrestling fan. I would say The Rock is my favorite person to watch for obvious reasons.
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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 have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
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No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it.
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If I score a goal on the road, I come home, and that's probably the first thing I'm doing, pullin' up the laptop and watching. Can't watch it in front of the teammates, or else I'll get made fun of.
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Of course, everyone in the New World is an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants, and immigrants have built America and continue to do so. Legal or illegal, they are almost universally good people who work to better their lot and that of their children.
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At the last, when we die, we have the dear angels for our escort on the way. They who can grasp the whole world in their hands can surely also guard our souls, that they make that last journey safely.
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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.
