Frances McDormand Quotes
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise that.
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I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you're on the journey. But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.
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I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.
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I still enjoy doing the things I've always done, like going to a monthly dance party at a club downtown.
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I've laid my friends bare.
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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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I love our traditional marriage. I would never cheat on Hank.
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I've experienced several different healing methodologies over the years - counseling, self-help seminars, and I've read a lot - but none of them will work unless you really want to heal.
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See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented.
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It turns out a lot of people don’t get it. Wikipedia is like rock’n’roll; it’s a cultural shift.
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I am too sick to be out of bed, too crazy to sleep, and am surrounded by horrors.
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I never trusted good-looking boys.
