Lauren Shuler Donner Quotes
The thematic core of 'X-Men' is tolerance. It's that for those of us who are different in any way - in a big way, whether it's you're a minority, you're a woman, you're a Muslim, you are suppressed or marginalized - it can go the whole spectrum - but even if you are shy or you feel like an outsider - and X-Men are outsiders.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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I think a person has to just be herself.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.
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I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.'
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You can't reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty.
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I grew up in Chicago, but when I was 12, I came to New York because I was doing an episode of 'Law & Order.'
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The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
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Thanks to President Bush and Republican principles, businesses now have more confidence to hire workers.
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Words are women, deeds are men.
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The thematic core of 'X-Men' is tolerance. It's that for those of us who are different in any way - in a big way, whether it's you're a minority, you're a woman, you're a Muslim, you are suppressed or marginalized - it can go the whole spectrum - but even if you are shy or you feel like an outsider - and X-Men are outsiders.
