Marcia Gay Harden Quotes
My work often takes me away from my family for long periods of time, so I've really come to appreciate the time I do spend with them.
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
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I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader, a mental-health-care provider, a substitute teacher, and a book reviewer. In and around the edges of all those jobs I have written poems, stories, and books, books, books.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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People work hard.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.
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I'm a model, but I love to eat.
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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
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Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.
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The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education.
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I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
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I never expected to make a lot of money from music.
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I love the game of basketball. I guess it started with 'Space Jam.' Right after that movie, I went out there to my little Flight hoop and tried to do every dunk in the movie.
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Art imitates life. It's definitely helpful to feel that way. You feel that way when you're leading a show and you're on a set.
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Zappa was very technical and impressed by things that were musically challenging - weird time signatures, strange keys, awkward chord sequences. Zappa was important to me as an example of everything I didn't want to do. I'm very grateful to him, actually.
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I love Giuseppe Tornatore, the guy that did 'Cinema Paradiso.'
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Asians are nice people, but they burn a lot of shirts.
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I've sung in the shower for years.
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My work often takes me away from my family for long periods of time, so I've really come to appreciate the time I do spend with them.
