Amy Landecker Quotes
You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you do, and there's not a lot of waiting around and interruption and not a lot of money involved - sometimes money really clouds the waters of creativity.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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Retiring is the easy way out.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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While I started out with a vague understanding that diversity would be important, my own observations have led me to realize that achieving greater levels of diversity is in fact vital to our long-term success.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming.
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I say this all the time, but my hijab, it really is my crown, and it's something that I bring to the table. It's something that makes me unique. It shows the world who I truly am.
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I didn't take very much part in activities on campus at that time.
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When discussing the rise and fall of empires, it is well to mark closely their rate of growth, avoiding the temptation to telescope time and discover too early signs of greatness in a state which we know will one day be great, or to predict too early the collapse of an empire which we know will one day cease to be. The life-span of empires cannot be plotted by events, only by careful diagnosis and ausculation--and as in medicine there is always room for error.
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You must tell the truth. You must be truthful to yourself and the values of the game that got you there.
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You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you do, and there's not a lot of waiting around and interruption and not a lot of money involved - sometimes money really clouds the waters of creativity.
