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Marisa Tomei Quotes

Politics itself is so unsexy, isn't it? But when the politics in creative works are really explored - not used as a vehicle - the results can be really interesting.

Marisa Tomei

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: December 4, 1964

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Politics Creative Interesting Results

It's funny: We have so many shows and so many channels and so many things to occupy people as entertainment, especially with a show like 'Scandal,' which is clearly a hit, with a lot of heat around it - but every once in a while, people will say, 'What are you doing?' and I'll say 'Scandal,' and they'll have no idea what I'm talking about.

Joe Morton

Funny People Doing Talking Channels

Ice cream is the perfect buffer, because you can do things in a somewhat lighthearted way. Plus, people have an emotional response to ice cream; it's more than just food. So I think when you combine caring, and eating wonderful food, it's a very powerful combination.

Jerry Greenfield

Food Caring People Eating Think You

My work is intensely personal.

Andres Serrano

Work Personal Intensely

I read all the time. I was reading a book I admire very much by Alice McDermot called Charming Billy.

John McGahern

Time Book Reading Admire Charming

The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.

Stephen Hadley

Think Violence Abyss Seems Further

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

Sophocles

Powerful Conscience Within Us Which

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

Michel Gondry

People Sometimes Way Original Resist

The truth is I made a few good movies in the '50s, then went into freefall.

Jose Ferrer

Good Truth Truth Is Movies Made Few

It's not ideological to ask someone to stick to the question presented.

Don Lemon

Someone Question Ask Stick Presented

It just felt like the right thing to do to give back to a state school and public school. I'm a really big fan of public education.

Brendan Iribe

Education School Back Right Big

After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.

Brent Scowcroft

Democracy First Bring Destroyed

I don't want to be a grumpy old man or too pessimistic, because if I have a chance, I would prefer to watch a film in the cinema with an audience on a big screen instead of watching it on a cell phone. It's a very different experience, but somehow I think this form will have its own future and life.

Wong Kar-wai

Life Future Experience Man Chance