Laurie Metcalf Quotes
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To deal with what you have to deal with as mayor or president, there has to be an overriding psychological or professional or emotional gratification that would let you go through all the angst.
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I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
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I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.
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The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to realise in my career that unless I wrote my own words, then my message was diluted.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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Sometimes art is ahead of revolution.
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You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'
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If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
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I took the longest showers of my life after every time I visited Gramacho. It affects the personality of the catadores. They always dress really well, they're very sharp, and when they go out they always wear a lot of perfume because they're very conscious of the possibility of having the smell.
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My parents were journalists and friends with writers, artists, and just a really interesting assortment of people, so I was exposed to all lifestyles from a young age.
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Remember, I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.
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I'm a little weird that way. I don't really know how to express my happiness.
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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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My life and my happiness is most important to me than any job or anything in the world.
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Orson Welles's second 'I-did-it' should show once and for all that film making, radio and the stage are three different guys better kept separated. 'The Magnificent Ambersons' is one of those versions of the richest family in town during the good old days.
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I want people to realize that they can dream big.
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I did every sport under the sun while growing up.
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The only time I even entertain the tiniest element of religion is for Christmas carols.
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I think as an educational institution, at some point during a student's journey, it becomes important to understand the origins of our country, ... To provide that opportunity is to encourage all students, staff and faculty to take advantage of this experience. It is my hope that after this week, many of us will have both a greater understanding and appreciation of what the Constitution means to us.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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People are always expecting to get peace in heaven: but you know whatever peace they get there will be ready-made. Whatever making of peace they can be blest for, must be on the earth here.
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"Softly, softly, catchee monkey," is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence.
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Every part I get, I just think I'm so lucky. They're so hard to get, you know.