Lauren Ambrose Quotes
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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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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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
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But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment.
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Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war or pugilism.
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I've made the decision not to do radio anymore.
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I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.
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I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'
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As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There's a select few that will never like me. They don't like what I stand for. They don't like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They're going to be negative no matter what.
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Lil B opened up the floodgates for Odd Future, and now rap has a huge Internet culture.
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I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame.
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I once attended an advertising conference held at the Greenbrier Hotel in 1968. The dean of the original Mad Men, the great David Ogilvy, was the keynote speaker. The subject of his speech was the new creative revolution in advertising.
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I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.
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She was pretty and you never expected a pretty woman to be that funny. She didn't care that she was pretty.
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I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.
