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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Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire.
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I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
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I like auditioning! A lot of people hate it, but I like it.
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Catfights? What catfights? There is a healthy rivalry between me and other actresses but no one’s ever been bitchy. Kareena Kapoor is a cool girl. As for Preity Zinta, we share an on-screen rapport but we were never friends.
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We're pretty much taking all the songs that have worked the best in the past and we're using those and all of the new songs. In the short time that we've got to play them, we're trying to use what ones work the best.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
