Amy Landecker Quotes
Some of the greatest stuff that I watch, that I'm drawn to, is deeply flawed human beings, because they're representing a part of us that might not be all of us but the part we're most afraid to look at, and so we get to vicariously experience it through this character.
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Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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I'm the girl that's on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded. But my weird thing is, I only tan my legs. My whole body's covered in the shade, and I tan my legs.
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A well begun is half ended.
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It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively.
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The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if...?' I just come in and do it.
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I think many people are finding things I do very funny and strange.
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.
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I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
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I try not to carry any character back home because that would be extremely frustrating for my family.
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When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more comfortable being myself.
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I definitely have a little attraction to bad guys, but they have to be sweethearts underneath. After all, I like to be treated well.
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Some of the greatest stuff that I watch, that I'm drawn to, is deeply flawed human beings, because they're representing a part of us that might not be all of us but the part we're most afraid to look at, and so we get to vicariously experience it through this character.
