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" I helped found Artists for New South Africa, but it used to be called Artists for Free South Africa. Alfre Woodard and a bunch of us started this. "

Mary Steenburgen

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" Ultimately, there are only two emotions: love and fear. And pretty much anything else you want to name can be broken down into one of those. "

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" I grew up believing in Santa Claus, and we still treat our house at Christmas with a huge reverence for that belief - even though our children are 19 through 23. "

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" I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen. "

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" Every child in America fantasizes about running wild in the White House for a few minutes. "

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