Marian McPartland Quotes
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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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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Like, you think, 'Oh, it's 'Star Wars,' everybody has a spaceship' - but no, actually, in the 'Star Wars' universe, having a ship is like having a yacht.
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As a young actor, I was advised to bide my time. Back then, there weren't good roles for someone like me. There were handsome leading men and character actors for smaller supporting roles. But I was told to hang in there, and it was good advice. We're all character actors now. Even a handsome man is a character actor at my age.
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Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life.
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New York offers a bubble out of the literary life that is very useful. We have more time for the children, for the cooking.
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I work with a team of coaches and trainers to make me feel like I am not alone out on the ice.
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I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.
