Carrie Preston Quotes
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
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My dad died, I think, at 87. So I'll be lucky if I make 87. But in a lot of cases, the younger people live longer than their parents. And they know more. My dad used to tell me he ate the hog from his rooter to his tooter. So do I when I'm not trying to lose weight.
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I wish somebody would have told me, 'Don't try too hard,' because when I was younger I wanted to try really hard. I wanted to please everybody and be this perfect, polite little girl.
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One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.
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I think people think I'm a lot younger than I am because of how I look on screen.
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One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax.
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Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work.
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I realized I have an appetite for stunts. I learned how to do them myself.
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I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts.
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My wide eyes make me look much younger without make-up, and although it's fun to have a line in innocence corrupted, I doubt I'll get to play the vampy vixen or a Hedda Gabler or Lady Macbeth.
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I learned mainly through television, but I learned how to do mosaic, where you can buy stones or things of that nature. But also where you bust the tile to decorate pots for flowers or table tops. Lots of different things. Wherever you want it, you can mosaic just about anything. It took me about two weeks to do a big birdbath.
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Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.
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The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more complex.
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Hair is about when you're younger. I am my hair.
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I have learned that acting is not about beauty.
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I've learned not to be as maniacal as I used to be.
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Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.
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I look 10 years younger than I am. Unfortunately, sometimes I act like I'm 10 years old.
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As I learned from chapters past, it's important to try and stay in the chapter that you're in, and enjoy it while it's lasting. Not be constantly worrying about where this step will take you - living in the potential future. Like a good meal. Like a good chef's tasting meal. You don't want to wonder what's next while you're eating the foie gras.
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The politics around trade has always been tough, particularly in the Democratic party, because people have memories of outsourcing and job loss.
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Providence has given human wisdom the choice between two fates: either hope and agitation, or hopelessness and calm.
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It's always fun to pass on what I've learned to the younger people.
