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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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
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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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Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
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Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'
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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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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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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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As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work.
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I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more of a putting yourself on the line and a much more expensive exercise.
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I'm not into animal rights. I'm only into animal welfare and health. I've been with the Morris Animal Foundation since the '70s. We're a health organization. We fund campaign health studies for dogs, cats, lizards and wildlife. I've worked with the L.A. Zoo for about the same length of time. I get my animal fixes!
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In every message she spoke of birds, of flight, of the world away. Even back then, she flew against what was presented to her. I wanted to cling to her wings and soar, no matter how intimidated I was.
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I am very grateful for the dedicated work and intellectual contributions of generations of talented postdocs, students and research assistants without whom none of the work from my laboratory would have been possible.
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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.
