Catherine Marshall (Catherine Sarah Wood Marshall LeSourd) Quotes
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Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.
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With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories.
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That's something USA Hockey has been trying to do for a long time is prove that we can play with the Canadians and the Russians and the Swedes and Finns consistently on a tournament basis.
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But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life.
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I'm trying to convey to my audience that you really can't judge a book by its cover, and there's more to the universe than you can see with your eyes.
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My family was Jehovah's Witnesses, which is a really tough religion. It kind of deterred me from religion for a long time. They still practice, but I don't. But I always remained spiritual, and had a belief that there is a God. I'm trying to find my way, you know?
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What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind.
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Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.
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The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
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'Marvin Gaye' came about my first day in L.A. It was kind of crazy that that's my first song that I wrote and it blew up that much. What's crazy is the next day I wrote 'See You Again,' so that's pretty interesting. I was trying to prove myself as a songwriter.
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Of course the defenders are trying to be physical with me. They look at me, 7-3, skinny, they try to be physical.
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It is not possible to completely eliminate mediation between you as an observer and the history you are trying to understand.
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If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.
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Every mom knows it's hard to take care of yourself while you're trying to take care of your children because, when you become a mother, you become so selfless.
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Sisters, to me, are fascinating because it is a unique connection of the coming together of connection and competition. The fact that you have these age differences is a built-in power struggle, and the fact that you're all trying to get attention and resources from the same parents creates competition.
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When you are an actor or trying to be a working actor in L.A., most people have commercial agents, and then they have legitimate agents, and you just end up going on a thousand auditions.
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For most of your career, what you're trying to do is to step into other people's shoes.
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You get into sports with the idea that you want to win. If you aren't trying to win, what's the point in being involved?
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We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in.
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I will respect the limits of my experience but that won't stop me from trying to lead by example of my work. Being a good teammate and picking them up on and off the field is a simple goal of mine.
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I have a house, I try to spend as little time in it as possible. Not always easy on the mind and body, but it's how I got myself to 80-plus countries. This kind of routine forces one to reinvent and improvise. The older I get, the more important this is to me.
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Young children are such nasty little beasts!
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I always wake up at the crack of ice.
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Lord, what are you trying to teach me?
