Patricia McBride Quotes
In the beginning, he taught you how to hold your fingers, use your head, hold your shoulders, how you glissade, bourre - the exact way he wanted you to do the steps. It was relearning the whole Balanchine technique.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.
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'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.
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For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.
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People who don't know me look at my world as something very hard-core, and I don't feel it that way. It's not what attracts me.
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I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'
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Liars do look you in the eye. They do not always stutter, stammer, blush or fidget.
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I try to eat healthy. But sometimes, though, I eat cheeseburgers. That's good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water.
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I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, 'You should always buy something to treat yourself to say, 'Well done for getting the job!'
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It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
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I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
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Writing is much, much harder than taking pictures because you have to man-haul it all out of your insides.
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I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I'll be seen. I'd rather keep a low profile.
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My daughter's still so tiny at the moment; she's just a sweet little meaty thing. But of course, you always think about what you want for them, don't you, and like any parent I want my children to be happy more than anything.
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I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.
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My secret heroes were Joe Morello, Ray Charles - who is, in my opinion, the most dominant figure in musical history in the 21st century - and Frank Sinatra. Those are my heroes. And as a writer, when Bob Dylan came along, it was a miracle because he gave us all permission to say anything!
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Obviously, with creating music you are solely responsible for the creation of it.
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The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
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Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from beginning to end.
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Is there not a way by which the man who can think can be enabled to have time to think?
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I'm not really caught up with celebrity women. I think a regular girl that goes to school or works at a Complex or Spin or Blender or whatever, one of those magazines. She'd probably be flyer to me than the person she's writing about.
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In the beginning, he taught you how to hold your fingers, use your head, hold your shoulders, how you glissade, bourre - the exact way he wanted you to do the steps. It was relearning the whole Balanchine technique.
