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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I guess I found it useful to realise that everything is true at once, you know? You can pull back and say, 'Everything will be fine,' but you can also be in a situation and say, 'Not everything is going to be fine.'
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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Either war is obsolete, or men are.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 work with my acting coach to help me get into character and do pronunciation drills and tongue twisters to help me deliver lines.
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It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.
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My family was as absolute as the work.Family was first always.
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'A Walk to Remember' was a huge movie for me. I thought Mandy Moore was the coolest thing that ever happened. And Shane West - man, did I have a crush on him.
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Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.
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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.'
