Frances McDormand Quotes
I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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War diminishes both civil and economic rights.
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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
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I play PC and Xbox games at home, and I just got a PSP as a birthday present.
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Either war is obsolete, or men are.
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There's, what, 300 films at the Telluride or Toronto or something. How many are those people gonna see? How many of those are actually gonna be in a theater, you know? You know, as an actor, I mean, I learned a long time ago that the fulfillment in this business is the doing of it because you can't rely on anything coming out.
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I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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We think nothing of protecting consumers from faulty toasters or unsafe cars. Is it unreasonable to suggest that investors are entitled to information they can trust before investing their hard-earned money? I don't think it's unreasonable at all.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey Shore.'
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I'm not super into sports.
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One must not forget that recovery is brought about not by the physician, but by the sick man himself. He heals himself, by his own power, exactly as he walks by means of his own power, or eats, or thinks, breathes or sleeps.
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Mashed potatoes with stuff in it? That's '90s.
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The pull of history has been a strong theme in my life as a novelist.
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I'm looking at doing things that challenge me.
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I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
