Patricia Clarkson Quotes
But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.
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On Earth, men are seen as superior because of their physical strength, but it means nothing in space, where there is no gravity.
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Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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I just want to be the best. I haven't been in an all-out war. That doesn't mean I'm not the best.
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I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.
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I just look at what's going on in the world.
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I don't go to New York. I don't go to parties. I just do my business and study nature. My career is 28 years in an obscure art school, with limited staff and no perks. All I am is a teacher.
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Death just comes, not happiness. Because when you're trying to find happiness, you're trying to navigate a very, very murky minefield of distractions, of disappointments, of deceptions. That's why you have to work on happiness.
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For most inhabitants of the Arab world, the prevailing cultural attitude toward women - fed and encouraged by Wahhabi doctrine, which is based on Bedouin social norms rather than Islamic jurisprudence - often trumps the rights accorded to women by Islam.
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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the 'given' material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control.
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A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all be equally treated in the school.
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My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
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Every role is easy. As an actor it is my job to make my job easy. If I start hyperventilating about my roles, then how will I do it? So, with all my roles, somewhere I feel comfortable about them, and that is why I play them.
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I'm very good about eating breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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What appealed to me was that the focus of 'North Atlantic' was more about performance rather than emoting, because I was at a point in life where it was nice not to have to emote all over the place.
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People do evil things because they are evil. Some people are evil in the way that some things are coloured indigo. They commit their evil deeds not to achieve some goal, but just because of the sort of people they are.
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But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.
