Linda Hunt Quotes
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
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Spontaneity is what travel is all about.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you should believe' and, over time, you can build up a rapport with your audience.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.
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I listened to my kids talk about me as a parent, and I learned about things they wished I'd done and said. And I wished that I had done more of those things.
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I do take seriously and am grateful to the ANC that, in the face of its revolutionary mission to ensure a better life for all and the creation of a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa, it deployed me at the pinnacle of its role in government.
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You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk.
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Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.
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She never inquired, but she never recoiled, either. This is a quality that I look for in a person, not recoiling.
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People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.'
