Zooey Deschanel Quotes

If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.

Zooey Deschanel

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WorkMomPlayWantRealHer

You don't paint pictures to put them in your attic. You want people to look at them.

Joe Dante

PeopleYouLookPicturesWantPaint

In the 40 or so years I've known David Puttnam, not only has he pursued an outstanding career in films and now politics, but he has been the keeper of the flame of the British film industry.

Melvyn Bragg

PoliticsFlameCareerNowYears

I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.

Maxine Waters

ThinkDoorsEasyYouMadDown

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

Meryl Streep

ChildrenHealthImportantManager

I knew Sinatra for 38 years. He was like my father. Frank Sinatra was my 'dad.' He treated me like his son. He gave me the best advice about singing, about this and that... He was a very sensitive man, very astute, one of the sharpest men that I ever met in my life.

Trini Lopez

LifeFatherSonBestMenMan

I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records.

Michelle Branch

TeenListeningThinkPresentMore

Orientals, and the Malays in particular, are a sensitive people: delicacy of sentiment is predominant with them.

Jose Rizal

PeopleSensitiveThemDelicacy

As failures go, attempting to recall the past is like claiming to grasp the meaning of existence. Both make one feel like a baby clutching at a basketball: one's palms keep sliding off.

Joseph Brodsky

PastBabyBasketballFeelMeaning

You either have the charisma, the knowledge, the passion, the intelligence - or you don't.

Jon Gruden

PassionKnowledgeIntelligenceYou

I'm a talk-show junkie. I'd rather listen to real folks stumbling to express their own thoughts than to polished puppets reading what others have written.

Donella Meadows

ThoughtsReadingOthersListenReal

I don't want to release a CD; I want to release the real deal, so we're just gonna take our time.

Brantley Gilbert

TimeWantRealReleaseTakeDeal

One of the great things about Churchill is that he had the guts to say the unpalatable, to level with the people, even if it cost him politically to tell them the truth.

Anthony McCarten

TruthGreatPeopleGreat ThingsSay

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