Amy Poehler Quotes
We have to agree beforehand to divide the funniest lines between us. But Tina [Fey] is so brilliant that I just love every moment working with her and also just hanging out together as friends.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
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I still keep my accent.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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We recognized in 1996 that, with progress in the field of genetics accelerating at a breathtaking pace, we need to ensure that advances in treatment and prevention of disease do not constitute a new basis for discrimination.
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I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
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The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
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The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough times in the studio in the past, but after four weeks most of the material would have been recorded. This time it seemed like it just goes on and on.
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The blockchain does one thing: It replaces third-party trust with mathematical proof that something happened.
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Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.
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It's no secret that I'm called to a different place, maybe, for some of the beliefs in the LGBTQ community because of my faith. With that said, I'm also called to be accepting and compassionate.
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Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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There's a joy I think people feel from... my performance.
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We poor creatures are born for man's pleasure and amusement, and destined to go through endless sufferings and trials.
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Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed.
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Football is a religion and Saturday is the holy day of obligation.
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We have to agree beforehand to divide the funniest lines between us. But Tina [Fey] is so brilliant that I just love every moment working with her and also just hanging out together as friends.
