Lili Taylor Quotes
I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting.
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I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.
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Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just make it with a good heart.
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When I first started out in music, I was so negative. I was knee-deep in the streets. Then my friends started going to jail. They said, 'Boy, you better start taking this seriously; you got a chance to do something with your life.' That's when I realised I had to focus. The music led to the acting.
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It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.
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Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.
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Do something because you really want to do it. If you're doing it just for the goal and don't enjoy the path, then I think you're cheating yourself.
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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
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Ford made some of the most progressive pictures.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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Books have been to me what gold is to the miser, what new fields are to the explorer.
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I think that the enormous emphasis on violence and sex, and in particular violent sex, may not make rapists of us all, but it predisposes us to accept a kind of world in which these things happen.
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For the Left, tolerance does not mean tolerance. It means first, acceptance. And second, celebration. That is totalitarianism: You not only have to live with what you may differ with, dear citizen, you have to celebrate it or pay a steep price.
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Most People are wretched more by the Fears of what may come, than what they endure at present. ... a manifest Contradiction to good Sense; for who, with the right use of that, wou'd lose the Enjoyment of a present Comfort, to lament a Misfortune only in Supposition; which ten to one never comes to pass.
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Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.
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I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting.
