Amy Poehler Quotes
Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about.
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When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting.
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I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.
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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Smoke machines are the best!
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I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite male singer is Hozier.
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Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.
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How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another; most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models, too; it wouldn't be the end of the world.
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That's the mantra I use when the team tells me something is too complicated. People keep saying, 'We need more prioritization.' I say, 'Guys, what you want is less work. And that is not going to happen.'
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To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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I have never really had a goal to be a true blue movie star, unlike a lot of my colleagues.
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I've had agents tell me, 'You're not gonna be on the cover of anything; you're a catalog girl.' I've had clients tell me, 'You're too fat, and we can't book you any more because you don't fit into the jeans.'
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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
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And I spilled gravy on my Carolina sweater, because I am alive.
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Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about.
