Vera Farmiga Quotes

I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.

Vera Farmiga

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FamilyChildrenI AmYearsUpCome

It's nice to see a friendly face or have someone know your name.

Jillionaire

FaceNameSomeoneKnowNiceSee

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'

Jessica Mitford

PeopleStandAmericaElectionRun

An unused life is an early death.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LifeDeathEarlyUnused

It seemed impossible that a scrappy book like 'Goon Squad' could win an award like that. It's such an iconic honor. I think what the Pulitzer means to me is that I'll need to work very, very hard to try to live up to it.

Jennifer Egan

WorkLiveMeWinBookImpossible

At drama school, I was told, 'Lay off the chips, or you'll never play Juliet.' Sometimes, in the stock room of the set of 'Dinnerladies,' I'd put away three or four Mars bars while waiting for a scene. Then, at 24, I lost five stone.

Maxine Peake

SchoolWaitingYouStoneDramaPlay

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.

Robert Louis Stevenson

LiveLeadingOne ThingEndlessScale

I have a passion for sweaters. Besides jeans, they are the clothes I have the most of in my closet. I must have a hundred!

Jeanne Damas

PassionClothesJeansMustCloset

I am like a cartoon strip; I am like Donald Duck; everybody knows me in Italy.

Roberto Benigni

I AmMeDuckCartoonDonald Duck

When I'm writing a song, it's just me and the songwriters. Then when the song is done, there are publishers that hear it, then people in my management, then my wife and my boys and my friends, and if they're all lovin' it, it's kind of withstanding all the criticism I need.

Luke Bryan

WifePeopleMeManagementSongDone

Obviously, you're trying to peel through 20 centuries of theology, speculations, church doctrine and storytelling. I'm trying to get back to the absolute basic story of who was Jesus, what did he say, what was he teaching, and what did he do.

Jay Parini

StoryChurchTryingYouBackSay

The most effective tool I have to work with artists I admire is to point to other artists that I admire and show that I've worked with them many, many times. It's not because I have option deals; it's because they want to keep working with us.

Jason Blum

WorkWantAdmirePointToolArtists

Any dispute in matters of taste usually results in a standoff.

Joseph Brodsky

ResultsMattersTasteDisputeAny

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