Idina Menzel Quotes

My story is so boring: Long Island Jewish parents take their daughters to Broadway.

Idina Menzel

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• I've ended up on some website list or some other list for super right-wing people. They've been tweeting some pretty rude stuff at me, so I think there's a sect of America out there that doesn't like certain opinions and can really take their claws out when they don't like what you're saying.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • People
  • Up
  • America

• I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Enjoy
  • Look
  • Limit

• I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Father
  • Me
  • Friendly

• The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.

  

  Jackie Kennedy
  • World
  • Children
  • Family

• In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Young
  • Ready
  • Benefits

• I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
  • Life
  • America
  • Spirit

• I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Government
  • Need
  • Size

• I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • Help
  • Feeling
  • Best

• I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.

  

  Sally Field
  • Me
  • Myself
  • Fighting

• I don't really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I've seen, I just try to get into the character, into his or her head. Try to make it as funny, as scary or as wild as I can so that I really like it.

  

  Sam Raimi
  • Different
  • Character
  • Funny

• People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.

  

  Dane Cook
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Men
  • Freedom
  • Always

• In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Up
  • Good
  • Interesting

• Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Money
  • Control
  • Enough

• At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • Time
  • History
  • Leadership

• I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Criticism
  • Comfortable
  • Okay

• The American Federation of Teachers has a long track record of working with administrators, parents, and communities to provide real help to struggling students and low-performing schools. We've learned that intensive interventions, proven programs, and adequate resources can transform students' lives and their schools.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Long
  • Real
  • American

• When I'm sitting at my drafting table in my studio, I could really be anywhere.

  

  Adrian Tomine

• I remember being on a plane a few years ago. And me and this woman sat coldly next to each other for a cross-country trip, fighting over the arm rest the whole time. But then, about an hour before we landed, we noticed that we both had on 'Housewives,' and suddenly, we were best friends.

  

  Danielle Schneider
  • Time
  • Country
  • Friends

• After a long discussion with Mr. Holmes, we finally wound up with, I think, an agreement which will satisfy all parties.

  

  Don Gibson
  • Up
  • Long
  • Discussion

• I meditate because evolution gave me a big brain, but it didn't come with an instruction manual. I meditate because life is too short and sitting slows it down. I meditate because life is too long and I need an occasional breakI meditate because it's such a relief to spend time ignoring myselfI meditate because I'm building myself a bigger and better perspective, and occasionally I need to add a new window.

  

  Wes Nisker
  • Long
  • Perspective
  • Building

• Beauty is a simple passion,but, oh my friends, in the endyou will dance the fire dance in iron shoes.

  

  Anne Sexton
  • Friends
  • Simple
  • Passion

• My story is so boring: Long Island Jewish parents take their daughters to Broadway.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Long
  • Parents
  • Story