Laura Dern Quotes
I have a very wonderfully, bizarrely amazing relationship with my mother in that we've been through a myriad of emotions because we've acted together and played all these different kinds of mother-daughters.
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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Think and grow rich.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
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The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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Paul Krugman is a danger to society!
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I would like for my books to have been recognized posthumously, at least in capitalist countries, where they turn you into a kind of merchandise.
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Most scientists never look at UFO evidence, which leads to their conclusion that there is no evidence.
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I never rebelled against my parents - I worked hard, I was responsible, and I didn't go to high-school parties.
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What I am seeing right now is a man who is so dominated by his mother that he is willing to throw away his marriage in order to protect her from the trauma of growing up and acting like an adult.
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I have a very wonderfully, bizarrely amazing relationship with my mother in that we've been through a myriad of emotions because we've acted together and played all these different kinds of mother-daughters.
