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Frances McDormand Quotes

I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'

Frances McDormand

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: June 23, 1957

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Looking Thought Fat Someone Enough

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You really have no idea whether or not what you're writing is funny. In stand-up and sketch comedy, you know right away and you can make your changes accordingly.

Michael Showalter

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To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.

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I did get a degree in special education.

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I don't think anybody wants to be mediocre.

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Think Mediocre Wants Anybody

I want people to start thinking about what it means to be HIV-positive and to ask questions about that.

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People Start Thinking Questions Want

For a long-running TV show, you're looking for a character who is interesting and vibrant and you can imagine going into all kinds of different areas.

Scott Bakula

Character Looking Interesting You

When listening to politicians, distinguish certain words. Look out for the expansive use of 'terrorism' and 'extremism.' Be alive to the fatal notions of 'exception' and 'emergency.' Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.

Timothy D. Snyder

Words Angry Listening Look Alive

I look at bands like the Beach Boys, Hall & Oates and Blur, and those are the bands I want to be in company with because their songwriting is intelligent, and yet you don't need to be a musical genius to pick it up.

Mark Foster

Beach Genius Blur You Look Want

Coming from a broken home, I wanted to be as sure as I could be that my kids would have two parents who will stay together and bring them up.

Mariella Frostrup

Home Together Broken Parents Will

Many people come to self-help material because they feel like something is wrong with them or the way they are. The problem is that anything that tells you how to improve your life is also implying that there is something inherently wrong with you the way you are.

Mark Manson

Life People Feel Problem You Wrong