Lisa Unger Quotes
People who stay in the same town with the same friends for their entire lives never get a chance to find out who they can really be, because they will always be considered as who they were.
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I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on me,' and I keep telling her, 'I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn.' I think it is really important to be that way.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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I always wanted to do a bit of Bollywood and a bit of Hollywood.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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Yeah, I'm running for the White House again. Well, it's not a run, really; it's sort of a brisk walk.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I think that what I'd like to instil is that if you join the youth theatre, it's a gateway into greater career prospects.
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Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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I don't feel closeted.
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Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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My relationship with science is as someone who's curious and hungry to know, hungry to understand. So all I have to offer is my ignorance and my curiosity, which is a good combination, as long as they come together.
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I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.
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Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance. It's always been about trying to get to know people. Albeit, it's a bit of a contradiction because you can't really get to know people when they're 10 feet away and there's a big mass of them.
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I think even when homeowners love their room, it's still a shock, because you left your house, went to sleep, came home and your room was dramatically and drastically different.
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When I say things like "I want to build a machine that can be proud of me," that's not just a joke.
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People who stay in the same town with the same friends for their entire lives never get a chance to find out who they can really be, because they will always be considered as who they were.
