Mary Gauthier Quotes

I was in the orphanage in New Orleans until I was almost a year old. I don't think I ever got held by my mama, so that was completely and utterly traumatic. I think it was trauma from the first breath, and I think I've spent my whole life trying to heal from that trauma. So it shaped my brain.

Mary Gauthier

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We want to start a 'Flash' band. Everyone can play an instrument and sing.

Jesse L. Martin

StartPlayWantBandEveryoneSing

We need to bring music to the people, even to those who normally do not listen to classical music.

Simon Rattle

MusicPeopleListenNeedBringEven

When my son was little, he asked me: 'Daddy, which is worser, sugar or salt?' I still don't know the answer.

Tom Frieden

SonMeSaltSugarKnowLittle

I just can't wait to get out there on stage. There's no anxiety at all. I love being able to take this journey with the audience, because we all have a ball with it - even if we're crying.

Loretta Swit

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Especially after the Twin Towers, we're so terrified of 'Arabic' people. And talk about stereotypical negative portrayals of people of certain groups, if you look at the portrayal of Arabic people in Hollywood films, it's just appalling. They've always been just the easiest of targets - along with native Africans and what have you.

Jonathan Demme

PeopleNegativeYouLookHollywood

I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to be a model.

Delta Burke

ActressModelWanted

To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?'

Christopher Hitchens

MeDumbWhyQuestionReplyReturn

If you win, if you make money. If you do quality work, then other people of color, whatever color that is, can get in the door.

Antoine Fuqua

WorkMoneyQualityPeopleDoorWin

When you're acting, you do have to prepare yourself for doing that. You have to leave behind - or you try and leave behind - anything that's going on in your personal life.

Asa Butterfield

LifeYourselfDoingYouActingTry

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that's fine. But even if you don't quote-unquote make it, you're fine if you've given it your whole heart and soul.

Alice Walker

HeartBestSoulPeopleUniverseYou

But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun.

Picabo Street

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My childhood was marked by seizures, which my family interpreted as temper tantrums.

Sylvia Fraser

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