American - Actress | April 12, 1979 -
People talk about 'date night,' and it is true: Sometimes you have to apply yourself, or at least apply lipstick to yourself. You kind of have to dress up, just because. You know, wear heels to your own dinner table.
Claire Danes
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Counterterrorism isn't really about the nunchakus, the guns and gadgets. It's about psychology.
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My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind.
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What I needed was a connection to life that was real and lasting.
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The big question is always, 'Eyes or lips?' I tend to go with the eyes because I've got a lot more material to work with now - and it saves me from reapplying lipstick! I'm a pretty low-maintenance person and it's too excessive to exaggerate both the eyes and lips.
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I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.
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People with bipolar disorder have difficulty with boundaries.
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Yeah, there was the Flora Plum thing, where I trained for about a month and I had taken a semester off for that, and two weeks prior to filming, the financing collapsed.
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Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake.
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Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we all take for granted.
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I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time.
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If you do something that you're not genuinely passionate about, it is a little soul-crushing. Just not worth it.
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