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If boys say something that's not funny, you don't have to laugh.

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Amy Poehler
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 16
Actress
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Director
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Writer
Newton
Massachusetts
Amy Meredith Poehler
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Boys
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I like bossy girls. I always have. I like people filled with life.
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A bossy woman is someone to search out and celebrate. A bossy woman is someone who cares and commits and is a natural leader.
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If the goal is doing good stuff and working with your friends ... if you’re doing that then you’re succeeding.
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I've always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler.
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Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it.
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I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like.
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Shame makes people abandon their children and drink themselves to death. It also keeps us from true happiness. An apology is a glorious release.
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Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success...when you can wish good things for people and rejoice when they get it, so many gifts and blessings come to you that you can't even imagine.
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If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down and to work on it so that you can have five or six characters that you can pull out in an audition.
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Everyone needs love, never hurt a living thing [and] don’t worry about the choices you make because everything will be fun because life is a closet filled with pool toys.
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When you're doing sketch comedy and you're pregnant, it's like wearing a giant sombrero in every sketch.
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I don't think a man who is fifteen years younger than me should tell me he is proud of me unless he is my sober coach or my time-travel dad.
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I have a boyfriend who knows how to settle me. He puts his hand on my chest and tells me boring stories. On one of our first nights together I woke up apologizing for my snoring and he pulled out two earplugs he had worn to bed so he could hear what I was saying.
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Everybody is interesting when they are interested in something.
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Don't start a scene where two people are talking about jumping out of a plane. Start the scene having already jumped. If you are scared, look into your partner's eyes. You will feel better.
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Adventure and danger can be good for your heart and soul.
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Listen. Say yes. Live in the moment. Make sure you play with people who have your back. Make big choices early and often.
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The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not.
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Opening your heart and being courageous and telling people that you care about them or like them or that you think they're special only makes you a better, bigger, kinder, softer, more loving person, and only attracts more love into your life.
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