Patricia Riggen Quotes
I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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Setting a tone of inclusiveness and ensuring protection for all begins at the top, whether from the White House or the State House.
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My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.
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There's nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you're feeling is wrong. They can tell you it's different to what they're feeling.
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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day.
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I tell them the rules are made by the government. Every firm should comply. It doesn't mean they can't compete.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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I know it's a lot harder for women who don't have enough help, but the truth is, no matter how much money you have, if you want to stay involved with your children and don't want to lose being a primary parent to them, you're still in the game.
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The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
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The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!'
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I think you just have to accept the fact that no one lives forever, and eventually things are going to come to an end, whether it's a TV show or life.
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Everything's so accelerated now.
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With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.
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Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.
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France has been mired in people's minds for years. In reality, our children are taught that they have every reason to criticize her, to see only the darkest historical aspects.
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I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.
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I'm so appreciative that people have begun to recognize my work in a way where it can afford me more opportunities.
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In novels in general - and also on the television - we do live in a world where bodies is what we are. We do not talk about the spirit or the soul, and there is a sense that we no longer talk about beliefs, either Freudian or Marxist.
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I think the kids in school that laughed at the clothes that we wore and the house that we lived in, and then my mother had to cut hair... I think that was a good motivator. Every time they laughed at me, they just built a fire, and there was only one way to put it out - to try and show 'em I was as good as they were.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
