Wendi McLendon-Covey Quotes
If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in the gym, and you'll have the career you want.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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I'd love to work with Kanye West. He's gone through a lot of stuff in the public eye, but his music is genius. He always takes risks.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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I'm a model, but I love to eat.
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I've always been interested in technology, but specifically how we can use machines to engage the imagination. I started using computers when I was young and was fascinated by creating rules and instructions that allow a computer to engage in a dialogue with humans. The stories found in the data all around us can do just that.
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I have learned not to feed the trolls. I just don't respond.
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It's always helpful to have somebody help buoy you in difficult times and problem-solve with and to share the marvelous moments with as well.
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If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
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When I was growing up, my mum was doing illegal smuggling with China. Sometimes she would see a fortune teller for advice. One time I went with her: 'In your future, you'll be living in foreign country and eating the foreign country rice,' she said.
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If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in the gym, and you'll have the career you want.
