Melissa Leo Quotes
As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite often, with a lot of time to think.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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Takers believe in a zero-sum world, and they end up creating one where bosses, colleagues and clients don't trust them. Givers build deeper and broader relationships - people are rooting for them instead of gunning for them.
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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Me mum used to always have the radio on – even now she has it on in every room. Me girlfriend sort of blames that reason for me not doing that well at school – constant noise, really.
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I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
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George Harrison is perhaps one of the most creative people I ever met, not only in his music and songwriting, but just the way he lived his life, decorated his gardens and homes. He was a dear friend of mine. His entire approach to music was very unique.
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I had some interesting costumes... the one that I remember right offhand is Zorro when I was a lot younger. I was a big time Zorro fan. My mom helped me make it, and I remember having a big issue with the fact that she wouldn't let me carry around a real metal sword; it just had to be plastic.
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Time is the fairest and toughest judge.
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One time I got dressed in all black, Rambo-style, and took a massive pair of bolt-cutters and nicked a military bike.
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By the way, I understand that now you can have the Times delivered to your door here in the Twin Cities.
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No one raps about food like I do. I rap about fine dishes - like, all kinds of things that only real chefs and real foodies are going to know about.
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I'm used to playing characters who have a lot to say but don't know how to say it.
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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When you win a Grammy... you're thinking about you winning. It is amazing. Your peers and folks in the record business are saying, 'This is what we think of you.' And that's why the Grammy will always be, to me, the ultimate in what you get as far as a music trophy, because it is the one.
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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.
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The Obama administration's proposed nuclear deal with Iran endangers the security of our nation and our allies.
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With acknowledgement of residues, we can be more easily prepared to grant the unit of science, the overlapping of disciplines, and the total coherence of all facts.
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One only hope my heart can cheer, - The hope to meet again.
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On the bright side, maybe sending men in dresses into women's bathrooms will reduce number of women in our fighting forces.
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Why can't you write a great pop song when you are 85? Maybe you can.
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As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite often, with a lot of time to think.