Amy Poehler Quotes
It’s very hard to have ideas. It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those people who do that are the dreamers, the thinkers and the creators. They are the magic people of the world.
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
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When you fall in love, you become weak.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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I always thought 'Rome' would change things for me, that people would finally understand what I do.
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I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.
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Mercenary is whoever thinks less of his work than of the money he receives for doing it; and social conditions which impose tasks that make this inevitable are barbarous.
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
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Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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I love this idea of expanding the game universe. It has been limited. I guess probably because the genre was so successful, and the people who were creating those games made so much money at it they just had no desire to sort of open it up.
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It’s very hard to have ideas. It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those people who do that are the dreamers, the thinkers and the creators. They are the magic people of the world.
