Alice Ripley Quotes
I wasn't a musical-theater kid. We went to plays at school and took field trips to see Shakespeare. And that really sparked that fire for me, and so that's still going, and I haven't given up on it.
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People take things so seriously.
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What goes for sex goes double for politics.
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I loved math and science. It just made sense to me. But my hatred for world history has come to bite me in the butt in my adult years. Every show I have done professionally has required me to study the world in which my characters lived.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy sources were being capped; we knew that diversifying would be much better; we knew that there were terrible dictators and horrible governments that we were enriching who hated us. We knew all that and we did really nothing.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.
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I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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I'm a little bit of a control freak.
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The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set out to do that. We just wanted to be as big as we possibly could be.
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Obviously I like pretty girls, but I'm also looking for someone who can take control. I know guys complain about girls telling them what to do, but I think we all kind of enjoy it.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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Because I'm one of five people in Los Angeles who doesn't drive, I walk a lot.
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I believe if you become complacent about your work, it leads to a downfall.
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Movie actors are just ordinary mixed-up people—with agents.
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I mean to defend the rights of individuals in a liberal prospect.
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Every seam, every lace, every bead has been painstakingly, with love, corrected, perfected and mastered.
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I wasn't a musical-theater kid. We went to plays at school and took field trips to see Shakespeare. And that really sparked that fire for me, and so that's still going, and I haven't given up on it.
