Amy Poehler Quotes
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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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.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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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.
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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.
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I certainly feel sad about the alienation from my son.
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I choose to focus on the positive.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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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.
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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.
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I'm the easiest person to make fun of.
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Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.
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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.
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One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.
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We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.
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I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.
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For five thousand infantry would now cross the Kaitna at a place where men said the river was uncrossable, then fight an enemy horde at least ten times their number. ... The enemy had stolen a march, the redcoats had journeyed all night and were bone tired, but Wellesley would have his battle.
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In America, the stories we tell ourselves and we tell each other in fiction have to do with individualism. Every person here is the center of his or her own story. And our job as people and as characters is to find our own motivations and desires, to overcome conflicts and obstacles toward defining ourselves so that we grow and change.
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I've always made music from the heart, and that's what I do.
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I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize.
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Money and titles may be hereditary," she would say, "but brains are not,".
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Meryl Streep is not here tonight. She has the flu - and I hear she's amazing in it.
