Amy Poehler Quotes
Believe me, blond hair can take you really far, especially with the older men. It can really distract from the face. I am convinced I could have had sex with both Tony Bennett and John McCain if we weren't each happily married at the time we all met.
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Dumped? Fired? Scorned? Humiliated? Totally pissed off? If so, I've got great news! You might be on your way to living your best life ever - if you consciously choose to channel this pain into fuel - and use it to motivate yourself to become your highest potential self!
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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My stepfather gave me a Kodak camera when I was 17 years old. I started working at a local photo store in Le Havre, France, taking passport pictures and photographing weddings.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.
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My father's peripatetic career also gave me critical perspective when it came to my own career choices.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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Buildings are forms of performances.
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There's a science fiction project we really want to make, but it's very expensive. Hopefully it will happen.
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I like looking wet, sweaty, dewy, fresh.
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If I give a book as a gift, it is invariably a children's book with beautiful artwork and a simple text. I adore the feel of them, the care taken in the artwork, and the high visual stimulation that sets off the simple but often powerful message the text conveys.
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I started out trying to play more straight-ahead jazz. I went to Berklee in the early '60s when it was a brand new school, and so there was no fusion music. There wasn't a lot of mixing together of different kinds of music at that time, so jazz was kind of pure jazz.
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It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.
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There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance.
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The French bourgeois doesn’t dislike shit, provided it is served up to him at the right time.
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Believe me, blond hair can take you really far, especially with the older men. It can really distract from the face. I am convinced I could have had sex with both Tony Bennett and John McCain if we weren't each happily married at the time we all met.
