America Ferrera Quotes
There's not really a choice about, am I going to pursue a typical career? Because I'm not the typical standard, so that's not even an option.
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do.
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I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the learning frame of mind in acting or in anything else that I do. That's what makes life interesting and worth living.
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A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.
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I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.
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I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
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I've always felt I had the ability to be a good, elite defender in this league on the wing. I just need to lock in. I feel if I pick that up, I can be a very good all-around player.
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Under the all-encompassing aid system, too many places in Africa continue to flounder under inept, corrupt and despotic regimes who spend their time courting and catering to the demands of the army of aid organizations.
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Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the 'given' material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control.
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I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!
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I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general.
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Good boys are nice - don't go for the bad ones!
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I do work-related stuff on airplanes. Then, when I'm in the hotel room or just vegging out, I read for pleasure.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.
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About 90 percent of the pieces in my home are vintage, and I'm a ruthless editor. I only live with things that I love. There is not one thing in my home that doesn't have meaning to me.
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I would love to play a superhero. I sometimes walk around thinking, 'If I were a superhero, what would my superpower be?'
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As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'you don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.'
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'The Feminine Mystique' goads me to gratitude that, thanks to forerunners like Betty Friedan, I've had the opportunity to pursue a career.
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I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, 'That's not really possible because there is not that much Broadway. So I'll send you out on TV and stuff like that.'
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There's not really a choice about, am I going to pursue a typical career? Because I'm not the typical standard, so that's not even an option.
