Laura Dern Quotes
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village or town where his face is known and seen every day. For children take advantage, as I know to my cost, and would gather round him like hens around a farmer when he scatters grain.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
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I've had situations where producers would be like, 'Could you meet me? Take the train; don't tell your parents.'
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
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I think women have the right to consult their own wishes, needs, and capacities and produce only loved, wanted children they can care for - or even no children at all. I think we would all be better off as a society if we respected women's ability to make these decisions for themselves and concentrated on caring well for the born.
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People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.
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I make clothes people can wear; I don't make art.
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It's been a joy to be a part of other people's journey, to be able to inspire and be a part of new singers coming up in this business.
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Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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To stay true to your art is such a complicated journey, and Dad clearly has done it.
