Cynthia Nixon Quotes
I was in film before I was on stage. I started acting when I was like 12. But, no, I think my mother indoctrinated me very early.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.
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When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I had thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but I gave it up.
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I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
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As you keep your mind and heart focused in the right direction, approaching each day with faith and gratitude, I believe you will be empowered to live life to the fullest and enjoy the abundant life He has promised you!
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I do not like being famous. I like being normal.
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I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've always thought the best place for my photographs was inside books of my own creation.
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I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.
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In some countries, as many as 91 percent of women have no one at their side to assist them during labor and delivery.
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Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
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I am a family man, and I have to find my priorities. During the season, it is to race. During the off-season, it is to spend time with my family.
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The best anti-aging advice I've ever received? Drink a lot of water and have a plant-based diet. I also do mindful meditation with my daughter every day. It takes ten minutes. I think reducing stress plays a big part in anti-aging.
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I was in film before I was on stage. I started acting when I was like 12. But, no, I think my mother indoctrinated me very early.
