- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't hate Charles. I just want my life to count for something. Everyone thinks I just walked out on a paralyzed man. But after he had his stroke, he couldn't hang on to me. And I realized for the first time that I was at peace.
- Lady
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am finally a lady of leisure, and it suits me fine. For the first time in almost 10 decades, I don't have an agenda or a structure to my days.
- Nov 07, 2020
The hardest times for me were not when people challenged what I said, but when I felt my voice was not heard.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had gone to nursing school at Northampton Community College in my hometown of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. And nursing didn't feel quite right, and an old boyfriend gave me a 35-millimeter camera just to play with. So, I took a darkroom class.
- Barbed Wire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a whole box full of pieces of the Berlin Wall and a heart made from the barbed wire of the Iron Curtain. It's - they're cherished treasures to me now, of course.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
And my first film was Carnal Knowledge, another amazing experience, largely because of Mike Nichols, who would tell me you can't do anything wrong because you're doing everything right.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to discuss my work in a lot of detail; I'm afraid of dissecting it in a way that is not good for me.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Hester Street' was an incredible opportunity for me. That script was such an incredible script.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!
- Horse
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like somebody saying to me in their performance, 'Look at this. Isn't this funny?' I pray that I don't do that. I'm sure I fall off the horse every once in a while, but I try not to.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York, to me, even though I grew up here, there's something magical about it. I remember, every time I used to go to L.A. for work, when I'd come back and get off the plane and be driving towards the landscape of the city, I'd be beside myself with joy. It doesn't matter how many times!
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
This idea that you can watch a show like 'True Detective,' and it was awesome, but is it really ruined for you if the finale is not your favorite episode of it? It's just odd to me.
- Educations
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- Nov 07, 2020