Colleen Haskell Quotes

After Survivor, I was driving across country and moving to San Francisco, going to get a job interning at an ad agency. And then they asked me to read for this movie.

Colleen Haskell

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I made the mistake of writing something very, very short about Obama for this website that I write fiction for, and my father told me never do that again. And he was right. I have nothing to add to a political conversation because it's not my area.

Jesse Eisenberg

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I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice.

Jenny Holzer

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The best way to tell an actor he's going to be working more and much harder is to appeal to his ego.

Robert Picardo

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The last couple of roles I missed out on went to Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Biel and Olivia Wilde.

Amy Schumer

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I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.

Loretta Lynn

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After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat.

Djuna Barnes

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It was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I think it was 'dragon lady' or something like it.

Dolores Huerta

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Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed.

Clint Smith

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When I was off TV, people would ask me to please come back, which I think was their way of saying, 'There's nothing out there for us.'

Bob Newhart

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Normally I'm really lucky because I can go down to my local shops and no one cares. I take the Tube and the bus so it's kind of the perfect balance.

MyAnna Buring

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What's the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning? Wish I hadn't.

Morrissey

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I love the old Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies; they're so beautiful to look at. It's such a shame we don't make them anymore. Although, I don't know how you could make tap dancing current and topical.

Jamie Bell

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