Marian McPartland Quotes
My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.
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Coaching is the great passion of my life, and the job to me has always been an opportunity to work with our student athletes and help them discover what they want.
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
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Body experience... is the centre of creation.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.
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When I fell for Johnny Galecki, we both knew immediately that we had this connection, and that was it.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
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If I could be more vague I'd write more about people in my life, but I hate hurting feelings or making people feel uncomfortable. I've done that before. Unless they're sad songs. Those get finished fast, but the mean ones often end up at the back of the bottom drawer and it's probably for the best.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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I just have to concentrate on doing what I do.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world.
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We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.
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It's a lot of work being an indie artist, but it's worth it.
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I have to give all praise to the Man above, because I never gave up on Him, and He never gave up on me.
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One day, my twin sister Sidra and I pranked Tyler Perry on the set of 'For Better or Worse.' I made her dress up as me and do a scene as if she were my character Angela. Tyler says, 'Action!' and my sister starts acting. It was horrible.
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My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.
