Amanda Peet Quotes

In a romantic comedy, it's usually a good idea to have people who can't stand the fact that they are attracted to each other.

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• I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things.

  

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• The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction.

  

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• Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

  

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• Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.

  

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• I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.

  

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• I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.

  

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• Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.

  

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• Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.

  

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• I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.

  

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• Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it.

  

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• I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.

  

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• Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.

  

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• Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

  

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• I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

  

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• My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.

  

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• We talked to the referees before the game; there's always new situations to adjust, for the refs and for us as well. Even on the ice, it's good for players to talk and interact with the referee.

  

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• 'Reform' is pillage and plunder if you're against it, and it's good government if you're for it.

  

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• In a romantic comedy, it's usually a good idea to have people who can't stand the fact that they are attracted to each other.

  

  Amanda Peet
  • People
  • Good
  • Comedy