Mary Steenburgen Quotes

Our culture loves movies and TV, which is wonderful, but there's something a little bit passive sometimes about watching, because you're looking at other people's imagination at work.

Mary Steenburgen

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WorkCultureImaginationPeopleYou

My summer jobs for three years were going to work in my dad's factory and earn a bit of pocket money. I absolutely loved it, and I think I learnt more there than I did at Cambridge, actually, in terms of how hard work is and how tough it is finding a job, keeping a job, managing a job and family and commitments outside of work.

Jo Cox

WorkFamilyHard WorkMoneyJob

I grew up, like most people in my generation, watching John Travolta. I was thrilled to meet him.

Jeffrey Toobin

PeopleGenerationMeetWatchingHim

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.

Stephen Gardiner

WisdomKnowledgeStepForwardSearch

I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing.

Tony Abbott

GoodThinkAnythingPrincipleThing

There has been evolution in many different areas - the way I read the game; the way I prepare the game; the way I train; the methodology... I feel better and better. But there is one point where I cannot change: when I face the media, I am never a hypocrite.

Jose Mourinho

ChangeI AmGameFaceBetterMedia

On 'Edge of Tomorrow,' we discovered that movie while we were making it.

Doug Liman

TomorrowEdgeMakingMovieWere

Touring is a tough business.

Chris Squire

BusinessToughTouringTough Business

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.

William Henry Harrison

GovernmentWishTrueUnderstandMore

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

WomenMenWellHeartsWomen AreLed

Our time is a time for crossing boundaries.

Pranav Mistry

TimeBoundariesOur TimeOur

I do figure every angle of a guy I'm acting - but not consciously 'til afterward.

Peter Falk

ActingGuyAngleEveryFigure

You don't want to get me started about apple martinis and the affect they have on my lovemaking. I might just throw you down and make some love to you right here and now.

Rick Fox

LoveMeYouAppleDownWant

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