Laura Dern Quotes
I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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No one has a name in 'The Road.' Like Cormac McCarthy's novel from which it's adapted, 'The Road' features characters such as the man, the boy, the wife, the old man and the veteran.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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Don't avoid extremes, and don't choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities - that is the art, the secret of balancing.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'
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When it comes to the work, I'm excited to see what people think. When it comes to the private life, that's when I don't pay attention.
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It's so easy for me to fall back into depression. I think it comes with having money. I don't have to work. I could be sitting bored and depressed at home with a bag on my head.
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I wrote six nonfiction books before getting into narrative fiction with 'Robopocalypse,' including 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising.' My goal all along was to start writing fiction, and I guess one day I'd just had enough.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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Guys get voted into the Hall of Fame who don't belong, who lack the numbers. I'm very upset at the Hall of Fame for that. It's not fair to the people who went in early.
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I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.
