Amy Poehler Quotes
When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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Well, logos is science or reason, something that helps us to function practically and effectively in the world, and it must therefore be closely in tune and reflect accurately the realities of the world around us.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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The country that is more developed industrially only shows, to the less developed, the image of its own future.
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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I do not want to be sheriff of Hillsborough County, seriously.
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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
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The amount of love I get from India, from Pakistan, from Asia, from Persia, Malaysia - people are just like, 'Brown boy doing it, brown boy doing it!'
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.
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Fame, I mean, it's like a bubble, in a way. It's like something glittery, and it goes, and it can be forgotten fast.
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I don't think that people should wear dresses two sizes too small. I just think that sexiness is better left to the imagination. It's just more tasteful.
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For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.
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I never heard of anyone saying they want to deploy their capital wisely and go buy a sports franchise. What you want to do is just not lose money. You see, I don't have to work anymore. I tell people I don't have a real job. On the other hand, I learned long ago that you can't go broke if you turn a profit.
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I'm very fortunate. I don't think anyone should have a job that they don't really enjoy.
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Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.
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I think it's absurd to believe that movies should look like paintings and say something like serious books say something.
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When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.
