Patricia Clarkson Quotes
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The trouble with making music as a job is that I have no outside interests. All I can do to wind down is go to sleep.
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I caught the acting bug from my dad.
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What goes for sex goes double for politics.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
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Without knowing about flexibility, one cannot work out strategies to deal with the enemy and prepare for changes, and without knowing about the foundation of one's own culture, one would be contemptuous of the Confucian ethical codes.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.
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I've never had an audition like that before. They don't let you know about anything on 'Mad Men,' because it's a spoiler for everybody. I thought I was on the right track when I was cracking everybody up.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay.' No, they don't.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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I still have my school friends who are actually friends. It's nice that they don't think much about my singing career. They think it is cool, and they are happy for me, but they don't really bother me about it. To them, I'm still just the schoolgirl from next door.
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I like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie.
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I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.
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I like to go out and have fun with my friends. I have family, too, so why can't I go out to clubs? I can, and I will.
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Hatred is settled anger.
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Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.
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Networking is rubbish; have friends instead.
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The prevalence of mobile homes does not correspond with the prevalence of poverty, or with much of anything else. All that can be confidently said about America's mobile homes is that they are massed in places where you wouldn't want to be in one. Florida's mobile homes lie athwart the path of hurricanes. Georgia's are in the way of tornadoes.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
