Amy Poehler Quotes
There's something so romantic about being broke in New York. You gotta do it. You have to live there once without any money, and then you have to live there when you have money. Let me tell you, of the two, the latter is far better.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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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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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.
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Many women do not want to venture out into the 'opinion world' until they are certain of themselves, the facts, and that they are right. They are afraid of being shot down. The result is often silence.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.
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I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
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If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.
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At the end of the day, teachers aren't going to mess about trying to make me into an Einstein, 'cause it was never gonna happen. We can't all be brainy, can we? That's just the way the world is.
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The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.
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If people knew the story of their lives how many would then elect to live them?
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Once I'm satisfied and I've made enough money where I can afford to live in Malibu, because it's very expensive, I will definitely be back there.
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If you tell me there's something I can't do, I'll want to do it even more. Especially when it comes to entertaining.
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We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.
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Puppets interacting with other puppets is super complicated. You're juggling ten balls instead of three.
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There's something so romantic about being broke in New York. You gotta do it. You have to live there once without any money, and then you have to live there when you have money. Let me tell you, of the two, the latter is far better.
