Amy Poehler Quotes
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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I support allowing homosexuals to serve openly in our military and eliminating the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
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Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.
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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
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The only thing that matters to me about my stories is that they're entertaining and they're funny. And I tend to get bored easily, so I generally throw something supernatural in. I would say they're humorous novels that have a supernatural bent, but that's as close as you're going to get to fitting them all in the same basket.
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Preserving and protecting the state tobacco settlement funds is the nation's Governors highest priority.
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Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
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Don't assume your child is weak. If you, the parent, assume that they can't take anymore, what kind of signal are you sending them?
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[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell only blockbusters and leave the real work to small presses.
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I like hard work and I don’t like pretending things are perfect.
