Laurie Colwin Quotes
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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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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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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Petty laws breed great crimes.
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Ferran Adria making hamburgers... some thought it was crazy. But getting them perfect was a challenge. Plus I'm fascinated by all aspects of food.
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America is an archipelago of tribes, a land where people form national families of kindred spirits.
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Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas.
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When you work with people who are so passionate about their product it's kinda inspiring.
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I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd won.
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I wish I were big.
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We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living.
