Claire Shipman Quotes
Valuing time with your family does not mean you've lost your ambition. Define success for yourself.
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I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'
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I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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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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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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I think I had the most fun making a movie with 'Dedication,' just because you knew that it was a passion project for everyone involved. We had X amount of days to shoot New York in the cold. No trailers. Just sort of kind of doing it guerilla style in a way.
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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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I'm sponsored by Audi, so I have this rather lovely rather arrangement where they just insist that I'm always in the latest model.
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I've got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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I'm not a big fan of watching my matches.
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I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.
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Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.
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The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.
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Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.
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I think - I think you have a conscience growing up in a loving family with a nurturing community. And I think what happens is, and that's part of the problem of being in the closet which is a very sick place. I mean it's self loathing. It's self denial. And you keep that separate.
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I think I'm going to give my baby her first food on Thanksgiving, make her some organic sweet potato. I'm very excited! It's going to be a big day and my husband is in charge of the turkey - he's the chef of the family!
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The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do the amiable always, can only be successful at the frequent expense of his manhood.
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Valuing time with your family does not mean you've lost your ambition. Define success for yourself.
