Allison Janney Quotes
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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Freedom is never granted; it is won.
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When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.
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If we slide into a pattern of just thinking about today, we'll end up reacting to yesterday instead of shaping something more constructive in the world.
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All the body wants to do biologically is decompose. Once you die, it's, 'Let me out here! I'm ready to shoot my atoms back into the universe!'
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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The hair department on 'Game of Thrones' is incredible.
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Food-wise, oh man, I tend to really indulge on vacation because a lot of my friends are incredible chefs. One friend makes an eggplant parmesan that is heavenly and melts in your mouth, and another makes a chocolate pudding that I can't resist.
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The important thing is to do what you most love in the best way. If you love literature, you could be a great writer and perhaps one day become a Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature.
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There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.
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I enjoy racing because I want to do it. No one's forcing me.
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
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I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.
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When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. You're not inventing it, but you're finding the story that's there. You're making a play that's eventually going to go on stage and present itself to an audience. You want to show what happened, not exactly what you have evidence of happening.
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Most of my stuff hasn't gone viral. I have been successful on YouTube and I'm very proud of the stuff that I've done, but compared to the people who are actual internet stars and making a living off of it, my views are nothing.
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Pollock said several times that he couldn't separate himself from his art. Not knowing much about modern art when I began to read about him, I was much more his persona – his struggles as a human being – that was interesting to me.
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I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.
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'Kiss Me, Kate' was my 'Ragtime' Tony.
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What would your prayers look like if you believed that the cross really was the measure of God's compassion for someone?
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One cannot be a part-time nihilist.
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I remember talking with a friend. He asked me a question. He said, 'What's your end game? What's your goal with this?' And I said to him, 'You know, I want to win the Academy Award one day.' And he said, 'OK'.
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Before I even wanted to be an actor, I wanted to be a figure skater.
