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Olympia Dukakis Quotes

When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin.

Olympia Dukakis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: June 20, 1931

Topics

Mother Women Children Believe Church

I went to Brooklyn College as an education major. It was a big deal in the family, but really, I was living for Mom and Dad.

Jimmy Smits

Family Education College Mom Living

I've been going long enough to prove what I wanted to prove, to get the girl I wanted to get, to make the money I wanted to make, to drink all the beer I wanted to drink. I've played - not exactly everywhere, but I've played enough places.

Joe Perry

Girl Money Beer Enough Long Prove

I want pockets in my dresses. I put pockets in everything! I want pockets inside my pockets.

Melissa McCarthy

Want Dresses Inside Everything Put

The FTC doesn't regulate political speech.

John Quelch

Political Speech Regulate

I'm very fortunate, and I know that.

Roger Goodell

Know Fortunate Very

I'll take a certain concern of my own or a situation and try to frame it around a fictional story, but sometimes just straight-up autobiographical songs work well, and sometimes a story is better. I like stories. I like to hear them. I don't think there are enough of them in songs anymore.

Jason Isbell

Work Story Think Better Enough Try

You've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way.

Don Bluth

You Way Animation Got Able Studio

It's very hard for all of us, when we've committed ourselves to a particular interpretation, to change our minds.

Donald Johanson

Change Minds Hard Interpretation Us

I've done a lot of television, and there's no rehearsal process - you have to come to the set with your guns blazing and with a point of view.

Bree Turner

Process View You Point Of View Done

Lollapalooza, that was one of my worst shows. We just played at, like, 3 in the afternoon; it was like the hottest, most miserable thing. My shoes were melting. I just thought I was going to die. It was the most horrible experience. I lasted, what, four songs? In front of quite a lot of people. That was one of my least favorites.

Alison Mosshart

Shoes Experience People Thought Die

The first neurologist I saw just thought I was partying too much, and he stuck by that claim even after my family insisted that he was wrong.

Susannah Cahalan

Family Thought Wrong Too Much First

When I was 15, my mom and I packed everything up and moved to Nashville so I could pursue my dream in music.

Kelsea Ballerini

Music Mom Dream Nashville Everything