Marcia Gay Harden Quotes
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I'm a novelist, not a social scientist or a commentator.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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Design can successfully bind the ancient nomadic cultures with today's global marketplace, ensuring the preservation of traditions and knowledge for further generations. This aspect of research is obviously rich in its business potential as well.
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I came down to Orange because I sold the Smothers Brothers a song called 'Chocolate,' and that gave me enough money to move down here. I was washing windows down in Orange County when they called me up and said they wanted me to do their TV show.
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I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.
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Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either.
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I started writing in my 20s. I just wanted to write, but I didn't have anything to write about, so in the beginning, I wrote entertainments - mainly murder mysteries.
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Not a day has gone by in my life when I haven't thought about death.
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It feels good being a restaurant owner because it's part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul.
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If you're always thinking about someone else's work, about the tradition you're working in, how can you possibly make anything good?
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There's a lot of loneliness in a book tour. A lot of grilled cheese sandwiches alone in your hotel at night.
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Everybody says 'Good Morning' in Harlem because it's true! And that's lovely.
