Amy Poehler Quotes
Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around.
Quotes to Explore
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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Between their rise in the thirteenth century and their sudden fall in the seventeenth, when the line abruptly ended, the Medicis produced three popes, two queens, and many Florentine rulers, and they supported the work of Galileo, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Botticelli - a veritable parade of geniuses.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is hurting the future of the Hispanic community and we need to carry that message.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.
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I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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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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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days.
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All of his saves have come in relief appearances.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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I don't think I could have a genuine relationship with someone who didn't love to travel and appreciate new foods. Traveling is a big part of my life, and I want to share that with the people close to me.
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I worry about Zimbabweans. They bend, they bend, they bend, they bend - where do the people break? How long can they go on scrounging for food in garbage dumps and using the moisture from sewage drains to plant vegetables?
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Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
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What I'm really focused on is connecting people around shared interests, so together they can make good stuff happen. I'm more focused on helping people discover their power as individuals, but through those connections with one another.
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I try to be of the world, rather than just observing it.
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The human worker will go the way of the horse.
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Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around.
