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Mary Chapin Carpenter Quotes

You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: February 21, 1958

Topics

Money Day Job Enough You Back

I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how they do things.

Jodie Whittaker

Work Way Try Up Things Like

I look at all the ingredients of a film and say, 'Is this a positive thing that I'm putting into the world? Is there honor and respect in the way the story is being told about them? And would they approve of that?'

Jessica Chastain

Positive Respect World Story Honor

At the start of each week, I generally cook a box of quinoa, and while it's simmering, I saute onions, garlic and any veggies I have on hand in a separate pan. I season the vegetables with Spike, a seasoning blend my mom always used when I was growing up, or a little Bragg Liquid Aminos. I always add crushed red pepper and chopped fresh herbs.

Meghan Markle

Red Mom Growing Up Start Week Hand

One of my resolutions is to quit smoking. I've tried for the past two years, but this year I am going to stick with it.

John Oldham

Past I Am Smoking Year Resolutions

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.

John Lilly

Mind Be True True Either Believes

What do kids do? They go to movies, and they go to rock concerts.

Robert Stigwood

Go Movies Rock Kids Concerts

We must continue to foster relevant and constructive dialogue among Israeli and Palestinian communities.

Jeff Fortenberry

Dialogue Must Relevant Continue

People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society. Those failures - joined with the similar failures of others - can readily have a substantial effect on interstate commerce.

John Roberts

Good People Society Others Own Fail

There's so much that I like about Pittsburgh, actually. The cultural district and museums are wonderful, and I encourage everyone to check them out. And the food is excellent, too!

Troy Polamalu

Food Museums Everyone Out Check

I don't believe in writing for goals, or else I'd write essays.

Tom King

Goals Writing Believe Write Essays

I remember being 24 in Los Angeles. And up until that moment, when my mom would call my cell phone and it would ring, I would be flushed with some sort of excitement that we all have - a little dopamine rush, when my phone rings - and I'd look down, and it would say, 'Mom.' It used to feel like a job to pick that up.

Mike Posner

Moment Job Mom Cell Phone Feel Look

'Humans' seems to have gone down really well in the U.S. That doesn't happen for British TV drama - unless we're talking 'Downton Abbey.'

Lucy Carless

Talking Down Drama Happen Gone Well