Madeleine Stowe Quotes
There were mornings in the make-up trailer where I'd have fits of laughter because of the extraordinary daily events of the shoot. Sometimes, it was all too much to believe. But the wildest things happened.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.
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For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
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I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
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My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.
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Art is when things appear rounded.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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Ronald Reagan was so self-contained and impenetrable that his official biographer was practically driven mad trying to figure him out.
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Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.
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Where I grew up, in Des Moines, Iowa, there is hardly any downtown economic activity now. Everybody shops in malls - you don't find a sense of community in malls.
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There were mornings in the make-up trailer where I'd have fits of laughter because of the extraordinary daily events of the shoot. Sometimes, it was all too much to believe. But the wildest things happened.
