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'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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I have worked with the biggest actors from the beginning. I am hoping God will bless me to work with other big actors.
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I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with male characters and male authors.
Curtis Sittenfeld -
There's something specific about Chicagoans, and I just felt like I'd love to tell their story in a creative way. Not in a way to go, 'Oh, Chicago's perfect.' I don't believe that. I don't think that. I know we have our issues.
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Many a man has walked up to the opportunity for which he has long been preparing himself, looked it full in the face, and then begun to get cold feet... when it comes to betting on yourself and your power to do the thing you know you must do or write yourself down a failure, you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
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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.
