Laurie Metcalf Quotes

I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.

Laurie Metcalf

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MeBetterPlayMoreLikeRange

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.

John Lennon

ImportantNot InterestedBeingHip

So to me it's very similar in terms of trying to distill within the image, those elements that are gonna form, hopefully, a compelling visual statement.

John Sexton

MeTryingImageWithinStatement

I'm obsessed with history, especially WWII and the Jews in Europe during the Holocaust.

Amy Heckerling

HistoryHolocaustEuropeJewsWWII

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

Stephen Fry

TreeExperienceFruitGardenInsult

The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness.

Ruth Reichl

LifeHappinessJoyFindingSecret

Today the white child is sold for two dollars a week to the manufacturers.

Mary Harris Jones

TodayChildWeekWhiteTwoSold

I wish I had more guts when I was younger because then I would've said things to people's faces instead of just running away all the time.

Mika

TimePeopleWishSaidMoreI Wish

Human language is lit with animal life: we play cats-cradle or have hare-brained ideas; we speak of badgering, or outfoxing someone; to squirrel something away and to ferret it out.

Jay Griffiths

LifeAnimalIdeasSpeakLanguage

It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team.

Christine Todd Whitman

TeamYouSayAskHardVice

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.

Clare Boothe Luce

MenHopelessOnlyWhoSituations

I think what I most admired about my father was his extraordinary courage. He had such energy to pursue whatever he wanted, and he really didn't care what others thought.

Claude Picasso

FatherCourageEnergyThinkThought

Even before the season starts, the fans look at the dates for the Madrid derbies. They all want to be there; they're big games.

Antoine Griezmann

LookWantGamesFansBigSeason

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