Mary Steenburgen Quotes

I'm kind of a laugh junkie. It's what I appreciate in life, because life is rich and sometimes it's hard, and I really, really love to laugh and gravitate towards people who make me laugh.

Mary Steenburgen

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LifeLovePeopleMeRichAppreciate

I've heard all the coaches complaining about the new CBA rules limiting padded practice. I don't like the reduction to just 15 padded practices during the season. When I coached, we always practiced in pads; and three days a week.

Jimmy Johnson

PracticeWeekRulesNewComplaining

With Shakespeare, if you're not going to do the iambic pentameter, do some other play.

John C. McGinley

YouPlayGoingSomeShakespeare

There is more than enough room in the world for Germany and Britain.

John Amery

WorldEnoughMoreRoomGermanyThan

When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no favorites.

John Conyers

PlayViolentFavoritesDeaths

It's hard recommending books for kids, and a huge responsibility. If you get it wrong, they don't tell you they hate that particular book, they tell you they hate reading.

Meg Rosoff

ResponsibilityHateBookReadingYou

I don't care if they eat me alive, I've got better things to do then survive.

Ani DiFranco

MeSurviveCareBetterAliveEat

For 15 years I did two to three movies a year, sometimes four. I didn't get to spend time building my personal life.

Steve Guttenberg

LifeTimeBuildingYearSometimes

With any sort of entertainment, you hope people are entertained.

Sterling K. Brown

HopePeopleYouEntertainmentSort

One thing I've learned in life is that natural talent only takes you so far, and I've always wanted to grow.

Trombone Shorty

LifeTalentGrowYouAlwaysNatural

Editors are more concerned with the first chapters of a book; that's what everyone reads first in the bookstore or in the online sample.

Mary Roach

BookMoreFirstEveryoneOnline

My grandfather was a persuasive man who made friends with people at every level of influence. In order to fight against our tribe's termination, he went to newspapers and politicians and urged them to advocate for our tribe in Washington. He also supported his family through the Depression as a truck farmer.

Louise Erdrich

FamilyDepressionManFightPeople

It slightly worries me that when people find a problem, they rush to judgment of what to do.

Janet Yellen

PeopleMeProblemFindJudgment

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