Amy Poehler Quotes

Meryl Streep is not here tonight. She has the flu - and I hear she's amazing in it.

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• One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Truth
  • Always
  • Try

• I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • Films
  • Roles
  • Image

• Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • People
  • Good
  • Black

• Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • War
  • Been
  • Balkans

• When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Great
  • Book
  • Game

• I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Kids
  • American
  • America

• I certainly feel sad about the alienation from my son.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • Son
  • Feel
  • Sad

• I choose to focus on the positive.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Focus
  • Positive
  • Choose

• My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.

  

  Okky Madasari
  • Work
  • May
  • Society

• I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.

  

  Karen Black
  • Books
  • Keep
  • Some

• Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Why
  • Bad
  • Luck

• The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • Audience
  • Said
  • Reach

• My junior high was dreadful. I see a lot of my fellow alumni on America's Most Wanted.

  

  Yancy Butler
  • America
  • High
  • See

• Ethanol has reduced our nation's dependence on imported energy, created thousands of jobs, reduced air pollution, and increased energy security. And renewable fuels cost less at the pump. It is a growth fuel that fuels opportunities for millions of Americans.

  

  Lane Evans
  • Energy
  • Air
  • Growth

• The scene of independent cinema is already a large scene in America, and not in a negative way, but it's cluttered. It's very populated with just American films, so the room left for foreign movies is not extremely vast. The American public also does not really read. They don't read subtitles. But we're like that in Canada, too.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • American
  • America
  • Independent

• I'm the easiest person to make fun of.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Fun
  • Person
  • Make

• Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Book
  • Well
  • Memoir

• The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

  

  Floyd Patterson
  • Future
  • Pride
  • Fight

• I've been accused of riding roughshod over others' emotions, and I admit, when I feel a friend is being over-indulgent, my patience is in short supply.

  

  Mariella Frostrup
  • Friend
  • Patience

• Editing and post-production is so important with comedy.

  

  Eddie Kaye Thomas
  • Important
  • Comedy
  • Editing

• I cannot make a living out of art and I now occupy myself with a variety of things. Of course, I continue to paint and to nail, but in particular I write grotesques and art reviews for newspapers, I organize evenings a.o. with Theo van Doesburg and draw commercial art for newspapers.

  

  Kurt Schwitters
  • Art

• The way I process things, they way I express myself, is in comics, just as poets process things that they are trying to understand.

  

  Ellen Forney
  • Trying

• I am personally am a fan of buff nails - not so much of clear polish, but a great buff nail is amazing.

  

  Adrienne Bailon 3LW
  • Great
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• Meryl Streep is not here tonight. She has the flu - and I hear she's amazing in it.

  

  Amy Poehler
  • She
  • Amazing
  • Flu