Laurie Simmons Quotes
We don't have real hours and we don't have a boss, so artists create rules for themselves that they then break. It's transgressive in such a personal way.
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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
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The Internet has turned the world into one gigantic linked community, capable of instantly sharing vast amounts of incorrect information.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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When my senior prom was happening, I was in Malta filming 'Troy.'
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.
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Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be married to do that. I love going to weddings, though. I do love a good wedding.
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My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
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You perhaps know me as a novelist. Literature is one of the arts – in fact, the noblest of the arts. That is not my opinion; it was first expressed by the ancients. As art, literature has many similarities with the other art forms.
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We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.
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Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life.
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My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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Usually I like to work out in the morning before I eat. After the workout, I like to eat a banana and definitely some oatmeal for a little bit extra boost.
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We don't have real hours and we don't have a boss, so artists create rules for themselves that they then break. It's transgressive in such a personal way.
