Tyne Daly Quotes
I never played the 'decoration,' I always played the one who suffered. And then I got very lucky in my middle career, when I started playing the hero, which at that point was quite rare for women.
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I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting was a great tool for that. And in the process of learning about my culture, I've learned how to connect myself again to my ancestors.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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Art lies by its own artifice.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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I was tested against the best.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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No one needs anything; they have to want it.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.
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The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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You can't legislate or litigate good, healthy behavior but we must be willing to educate people at an early age about the affects of unhealthy living.
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There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China.
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I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.
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And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor.
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As long as you know yourself and you got good people around you and you passionate about what you do, that's all that matters because at the end of the day, you go to sleep with the people you love, you wake up with the people you love, and you spend your time with the people you love.
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The basic idea of governance, as I see it, is to hold the society together so that it can develop and march towards certain goals.
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I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.
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I never played the 'decoration,' I always played the one who suffered. And then I got very lucky in my middle career, when I started playing the hero, which at that point was quite rare for women.
