Cynthia Kenyon Quotes
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The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me.
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Generally, what adults want to know is my background, why I write what I write, and very personal insights that some say are inspiring.
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When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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I love painting so much that nothing else matters.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered way is what I have put my name to.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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I like 'Rocky Horror.'
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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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I've gone on in front of a crowd of 10 people and 7,000 people.
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Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination.
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We can choose food that doesn't lead to illnesses like diabetes and cancer. We can choose food that doesn't contribute to water pollution and climate change. And we can choose food that keeps local economies vibrant and farmers on their land.
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Have you noticed how most directors are either bald or grey-haired?
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I'm not a shouter, and I'm not a bully.
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It's actually very beautiful when you can't conceive on your own, you can actually go to the doctors and with science you can create a child.
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What he said was: 'You obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do a disservice by putting it anywhere.' And boy was that good advice. Because what he said was, you obviously don’t know where the bar should be, and you’re only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere.
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Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'
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I look at the plotline and let my co-author basically write the book; first draft. Then they give it to me, and I totally destroy it and write all my stuff over it.
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When poetry is on the money, 12 words can slay you. I admire that greatly.
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Funnily enough, I had a real giggle with Gary Oldman when we were doing an interview together for 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.' Because I joked I was probably the only British actor who wasn't in the 'Harry Potter' franchise. The same is true of 'Game of Thrones.' Also 'Star Wars.'
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I played football growing up in junior high and high school.
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The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution.
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I loved the idea that biology was logical.
