Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes
Well, I certainly wouldn't want to live in the 18th century myself, or the 19th either, for that matter.
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.
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I think whatever you have in your life, my opinion is that if you know that there's something wrong, you try to fix it.
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I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?
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Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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I've never paid too much attention to what other people have said or to what other people have tried to make me be. I've always just tried to be myself, which is such a weird thing to say.
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In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.
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There will always be a slight difference between the reel and the real. Even my family might know 99 per cent about me, but there will be this one per cent about me that nobody will ever know. Being in this profession, I am fine with biopics or movies inspired by real-life-characters.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.
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My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean.
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I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
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I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.
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I know it's a cliche, but I see myself as a citizen of the world. I was brought up in Switzerland by German and Turkish parents but I've very much grown up in San Francisco. I have a European sense of aesthetic, but I'm also deeply steeped in the notion of change and entrepreneurship that is associated with Silicon Valley.
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I'm one of the idiots that negotiates after I write.
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Few Westerners know Iran as well as Robin Wright: her first trip there as a journalist was in 1973, and she has covered every important milestone since, from the Islamic revolution and the hostage crisis to the more recent staring contest with the West over Tehran's nuclear program.
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There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can paraphrase it and make it better.
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Well, I certainly wouldn't want to live in the 18th century myself, or the 19th either, for that matter.
