Laurie Colwin Quotes
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I'm really, really interested in the job of acting. I can really care less about being famous. I'm more about the work, and 'The Big C' was amazing, so I wanted to be a part of it.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that?
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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We think of Washington as the defensive-minded pragmatist who won the Revolution by avoiding unnecessary risks on the battlefield. But that was not how he started out.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me.
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You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!
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It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.
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Pressure selling is firmly rooted in American economic life, and I'm sorry it is, for it should not be necessary. Some people think part of the panic following 1929 was due to too much pressure in selling.
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I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.
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You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol.
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I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.
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Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what is theirs.
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The enemy of idealism is zealotry.
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We shouldn't be profiting from our students who are drowning in debt while giving a great deal to the banks. That's just wrong.
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Recently I have noticed football banners representing other clubs, such as Derby and Leeds, appearing.
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We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living.
