Mary Chapin Carpenter Quotes
Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between both.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I love my sleep.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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I can't wait to meet Jennifer Hudson, Tamyra Gray, George Huff, Ruben Studdard, and I love me some Clay Aiken.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
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People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.
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I am kept awake by the list of possibilities for shooting more photos and deciding what I must prioritise next.
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You know, I always wondered what it would have been like to just go to school, play football with the guys and go to the prom. Just like a 'regular person.'
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Plays are the marathon of scriptwriting. You fix on a point somewhere in the middle distance, and you start running, and you don't stop until you get to the end. The theory is that you have something you cannot not say: this is the engine that propels you through to the last page.
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Start embracing the life that is calling you and use your life to serve the world.
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I'm in love with kid's stories and animation.
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Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.
