Laurie Metcalf Quotes
I'm not trying to blow out a camera lens or make the audience's hair go straight back from my sheer volume, sheer energy level.
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.
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I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.
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Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
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There's no way you can possibly intellectually justify, 'Well, it's okay for the Western Judeo-Christian countries to have nuclear weapons, but not for a country like Iran.' That logic goes nowhere fast.
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I knew when I got into this business I couldn't have it both ways: I could live the playboy lifestyle, which is not a bad thing to do, or have a traditional family life, which is how I grew up. And that was more important to me.
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I wasn't born into a family that told me that I wasn't capable of what my brother was capable of. I can do anything.
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We live in a highly competitive society, each of us trying to outdo the other in wealth, in popularity or social prestige, in dress, in scholastic grades or golf scores. ... One is often tempted to say that conflict, rather than cooperation, is the great governing principle of human life.
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Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.
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After 'Lost', I never need to take a job for the money again.
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I'm not trying to blow out a camera lens or make the audience's hair go straight back from my sheer volume, sheer energy level.
