Amy Poehler Quotes
I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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I miss having my mom and close friends around. Thank God for Skype and Face-Time, which keep me connected... but interacting digitally can't come close to the feeling of being hugged by my mom or getting together for a meal with my friends on the same table.
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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But who knows, some years from now if there's a global emissions trading scheme agreement, as many have hoped for, then I'm sure Australia would be part of it.
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I really like using the softening cream. It helps me go out there with confidence to do what I need to do, and at the same time, it's very functional and helps keep the hair out of my mouth so I can focus on pitching.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a revolutionary way, every religious organisation must scramble to evolve defences or become extinct.
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Every burn on my body has had its own different personality. And all of them needed different things.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
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You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.
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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.
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But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working session. I was very comfortable, and that's maybe what helped me to get the part.
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I consider myself a remarkably unsentimental person. I don't look back on the good old days.
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The value of actions lies in their timing.
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People should go see 'Premium' because it's a great story about love and the person who shaped us as the people we eventually become. There are a bunch of laughs as well as poignant thinking moments. It's a story about the human experience, and so many people can relate to it. Plus we need the money!
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Borders are liminal spaces. Anyone worthy of the title of 'writer' is a border writer. We all are border people.
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I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do.
