Idina Menzel Quotes
My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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Every ten years there is a new generation of actors.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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Hits and flops are overrated.
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I love ice cream, and I love chocolate.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that individual communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is tried, it will be based on a community standard for that particular place.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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I do not like violence.
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I used to love to create outfits, and I still do - I just don't have the time. How can you wear one thing and never wear it again? Even my wedding dress - I had a dress made that I could wear again. I'm a child of the depression, so I'm very, very practical.
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Media images are so important to young people feeling positive about themselves.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle.
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I knew from the time I was 6 or 7 that music was something I had to do. Growing up, my parents did everything they knew how to do to support me. My dad was always kinda my roadie; he drove me from gig to gig. But I got my own gigs. I was this 12-year-old kid, shuffling business cards, calling people, telling them I wanted to play.
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My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.
