Dana Carvey Quotes
I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.
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Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going to dive into a jellyfish or the water's going to be too cold or the boys are going to beat me. I'm just doing it. And if I do it, it's a good chance I'll make it.
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I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.
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As long as there is a mathematical chance, we have to keep on going.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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I don't want to be an action star; action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies.
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The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.
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I've been focused on detecting nuclear terrorism at ports, in cargo containers, and I developed and built detectors that are extremely cheap and also very sensitive. My other big development is a system to produce medical isotopes that are injected into patients and used to diagnose and treat cancer.
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One thing I love to do when I'm working out is take my watch off, take my heart strap off, and just run - not for time, not for exertion, but just to get the blood flowing.
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I've gone to school for business, for design, for architecture.
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I don't believe in publishers who wish to butter their bannocks on both sides while they'll hardly allow an author to smell treacle. I consider they are too grabby altogether and like Methodists they love to keep the Sabbath and everything else they can lay hands upon.
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I'm so sick of Betty White. Never liked her.
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Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
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I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.
