Isabella Rossellini Quotes

When I grew up in Italy in the 1950s, it was still very agricultural. Food was very important; produce was very important. Everyone made their own olive oil. It took me a long time after I moved here to understand that Americans are much further away from their food.

Isabella Rossellini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: June 18, 1952

Topics

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I'm someone who needs more sleep than average, and I'm quite jealous of people who need only five or six hours and they're good to go.

Jessa Gamble

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I'd rather win than be a showman.

John Higgins

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Sometimes it can be bad to have too much family. Everybody gets involved in your problems, giving their opinion, gossiping, and making drama. But when bad things happen, they will be there to support you.

Sofia Vergara

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The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.

Shirley Knight

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It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.

Russell Baker

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I believe people are afraid to be still because we're used to being stimulated.

Michael W. Smith

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Usually when I'm on a plane, I try to enjoy the fact that I have to be still for eight hours and read a book.

Michiel Huisman

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Actors will always tell you it's more fun playing bad guys. A lot of the time, it's criminals who are the people who don't care. There's something extraordinarily seductive about the guy who doesn't care, and to play that guy is terribly empowering, because you don't have to worry about the consequences of your actions.

Brendan Gleeson

TimeFunPeopleCareWorryYou

I've struggled with depression, and the signs that I was falling apart - having heart palpitations at 4 A.M. - were there for a long time before I paid attention. Even when my psychiatrist gave me a questionnaire, I found myself trying to circle the answers that made me seem like I wasn't a wreck. I've since learned to listen to my body.

Allison Pearson

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I knew that people were going to talk about it, I knew it was embarrassing, and I knew it was a big deal. But did I think that it was going to be this thing that followed me for, you know, the next years to come? I guarantee you, 25 years from now, I'll be known as the girl that lip synced on 'SNL.' But, you know, it was a weird thing. Not fun.

Ashlee Simpson

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Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol.

Allen West

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It's not about where you're from: it's about how to deliver.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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