Laurie Graham Quotes
None of us wants to be reminded that dementia is random, relentless, and frighteningly common.
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I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
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I'm a strong fighter, I'm a fighter who can adapt to my surroundings.
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Zionism is a revolutionary process. And in a revolution, you must be ready not to think too much about sentiments or human weaknesses.
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I've always been a Nike person.
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I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.
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I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
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You might not trust me. Please give me a chance and time. I will prove myself for all of you.
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Oh, I'm pregnant on 'Girls.'
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Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives.
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My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.
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When you like something, you find time to do it.
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Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.
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The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.
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Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.
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I may look like the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next door to me.
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I haven't done fillers or Botox for ages. There comes a point where you have to match bits of you with the other bits; otherwise, you get a terribly random situation.
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I was in art school, and we had all these random classes. We'd listen to a lot of Bollywood. I'd listen to Spanish music - and I don't even speak Spanish, but Hector Lavoe is amazing - we listened to French music like Edith Piaf. She's tight. I like cool vocal inflections; I like cool sounds. I pretty much listen to anything I think is good.
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The wound-tight, travel-light Obama has a distaste for the adversarial and the random. But if you stick too rigidly to a 'No Drama' rule in the White House, you risk keeping reality at bay. Presidencies are always about crisis management.
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None of us wants to be reminded that dementia is random, relentless, and frighteningly common.
