Idina Menzel Quotes
My husband and I grew up with parents who supported our passion, and we're grateful to them for that. It really helps you find your identity when you're younger. It helps you become a really well-rounded person, the more you can show from different perspectives. The arts show us empathy, which is so important.
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The entire time I was up shooting 'Suits,' I was running back to my trailer to help get 'Nine Circles' produced. It's a no-brainer for me to keep that part of life alive.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.
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Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.
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I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I am healthy and happy.
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Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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My eye is ever on those who love me.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.
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Lil B opened up the floodgates for Odd Future, and now rap has a huge Internet culture.
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They were unable to stand up and say: 'Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism.'
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My husband and I grew up with parents who supported our passion, and we're grateful to them for that. It really helps you find your identity when you're younger. It helps you become a really well-rounded person, the more you can show from different perspectives. The arts show us empathy, which is so important.
