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Laura Linney Quotes

All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.

Laura Linney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: February 5, 1964

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Responsibility Me Loved Surprise

We are at crisis point. I think anybody that sees this nation as being on stable economic or fiscal ground is fooling themselves.

Joe Miller

Think Crisis Nation Point Ground

In the spring of 1988, my wife, Joan Didion, and I were approached about writing a screenplay based on a book by Alanna Nash called 'Golden Girl,' a biography of the late network correspondent and anchorwoman Jessica Savitch.

John Gregory Dunne

Girl Wife Spring Writing Book Late

My upbringing is so fundamentally different to my parents'. It must be strange to look at your child who not only speaks with a different accent but has a totally different view of the world.

Stephen Mangan

Child Parents World View Look Must

I made an instant connection with boxing right away. Boxing became such a part of me. I ate boxing, I slept boxing, I lived boxing. Boxing was a way of expressing myself because I was not that outspoken.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Myself Me Connection Boxing Way

The reason the United States is not so likely to invade Iran is precisely because of the lessons learned from Iraq. And conversely, the Iranian push towards nuclear capability is calculated to deter invasions like the kind deposing Saddam Husain.

Steven Pinker

Push Kind Reason United Because

Some people say, I'd give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn't. I didn't enjoy being 30.

Tori Amos

People Enjoy Say Some People Well

My parents are super excited that they've produced an Olympian. I don't think they ever would have imagined this would happen in a million years, so I hope I represent not only Team U.S.A., but the Japanese-American culture and my family as well.

Mirai Nagasu

Family Hope Culture Parents Team

The writing life is one long, never-ending search for narrative. Well, it's not even a conscious searching. It happens even while you're busy buying groceries and when you're fast asleep. It's a curse.

Miriam Toews

Life Writing Busy Search Long You

Nothing on this earth is standing still. It's either growing or it's dying. No matter if it's a tree or a human being.

Lou Holtz

Tree Earth Growing Nothing Matter

I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.

Julia Leigh

Work Writing Story Think You Right

When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way.

Jason Patric

You Look Way Used Most Crap

In this industry, you're so used to heartbreak because nine out of 10 times, you don't get what you want. But, that one out of 10 times, you do and it's just the best feeling in the world.

Josh Lawson

Best World You Feeling Want Out