Marian McPartland Quotes
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.
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At one time or another, we have all faced the temptation to disconnect by giving someone the silent treatment. After being married to Joel for more than twenty-one years, I have learned that is not the best way to handle a disagreement.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
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I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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My sister married an American and took his name, and my brother has shortened Sayrafiezadeh to Sayraf. So now he's Jacob Sayraf, or sometimes Jake Sayraf. He made the change when he was a teenager, prior to the Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis. So I don't think it was motivated by any anti-Iranian sentiment in the United States.
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I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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The U.S. should support the Nigerian government to stay in Sierra Leone under the ECOMOG umbrella. The U.S. should also support other countries, including Ghana, in ECOMOG until stability is established.
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I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
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'The Kids Are All Right' is amazing. The performances are insanely good. Julianne Moore is going to wreck you. This is the best I've ever seen her, and I've seen everything she's ever done. I like the story, and I think it's a great alternative to the big summer popcorn blockbusters.
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There is good business doing good.
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How we treat food is how we treat ourselves. Eating and buying organic means we're committed to a healthier world overall. It's good karma.
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I think to many people the term 'activist film' implies a film with a single point of view - something designed to provoke outrage and urge action on a particular issue - sort of the film equivalent of a rally. 'If a Tree Falls' is not that kind of film.
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Veterans have stood up for us.
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I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.
