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" It doesn't help to contemplate how sad your life is. You have to move on. "
Teri Garr
You
Sad
Life
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" I'm always like this with a new movie role. I always get super-defensive and make noises like a rooster, Maybe that's because I spent so much time as a chorus girl. "
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" A chiropractor wishes he were a doctor, just like those people outside Spago wish they were actors. "
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" I get this thing every once in a while that I call 'ESS:' emergency sleep situation. I'll get like lead, really fatigued, and I can't move. "
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" I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice. "
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" Elvis used to have parties at his house - and I've told this story a million times - but they weren't really parties, because there was no chips or dip. Just Elvis and his boys watching TV, and him making funny comments, and everybody laughing at them. Is that a party? Not really. But that's Hollywood. "
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" I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career. "
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" I loved the stories my parents and grandparents would read to me. "
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" When you hear the word 'disabled,' people immediately think about people who can't walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the real disability is people who can't find joy in life and are bitter. "
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" I resent it when they write the part of a woman who's just a sexy femme fatale who seduces people to ger her way, perpetrating the myth that that's how woman have to operate, instead of using their brains or their wit. "
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" Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life. "
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" Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who's the person to buy it from. "
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Minute
Made
Person
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" I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting. "
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" I go to Yosemite a lot. To get there, you fly from L.A. to Fresno and rent a car. So I know about Fresno. It looks like the entire city was built in 1946 in three months - all these low California ranch style homes. The whole city looks like that. "
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