Carrie Preston Quotes
I watch a lot of television. I love doing it, obviously, but I really love watching it.
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Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
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Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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I'm glad I went through all the normal teenage dramas that a lot of people go through. I can really relate to 'Secret Life' because I witnessed those similar struggles.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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The historian is a prophet looking backward.
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When I was living in Mexico and writing a book called 'Aztec,' I had to make a deliberate effort to ignore a lot of the 'typically Mexican landscape' around me - banana and citrus groves, roses and carnations, burros and toros - because they did not exist in Mexico in the 15th century, the time of my book.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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Ibiza is a popular vacation place for a lot of the players in Spain. If you go in the summer, there are some of the world's most famous movie and music stars, so nobody cares about soccer players.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
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Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved.
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I believe the people of the U.S. are peace-loving people.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
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I was born in Burnsville, Minnesota, and raised in Eagan, which is right by Burnsville. I've been in that area my whole life.
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I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.
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Brain cells create ideas. Stress kills brain cells. Stress is not a good idea.
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I like the classic look. Keep it simple. There's only so much you can wear.
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You can do marvels and miracles if you have developed the understanding of love.
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The race needs workers, not leaders.
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I watch a lot of television. I love doing it, obviously, but I really love watching it.
