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If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.
Amy Poehler
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Amy Poehler
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 16
Actress
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Television Actor
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Newton
Massachusetts
Amy Meredith Poehler
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Some people get in the way of change happening. Some people spend their whole careers thinking they can make a difference. Other people want to do as little as possible to get the day done.
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I think the days of putting your feet up when you're pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end - they don't get to be on TV.
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It is time to leave. Oprah has spoken.
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Everybody is interesting when they are interested in something.
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It seems a strange thing, but once I was able to get past that kind of self-image problem, I was able to open up in my comedy work and just go all out, take chances, and have fun with the performance aspect of that.
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Because of various security lapses, some senators are calling for a probe of the security at the offices of the Department of Homeland Security. The investigation will be conducted by the Department of Irony.
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When youre a stay-at-home mother you have to pretend its really boring, but its not. Its enriching and fulfilling, and an amazing experience. And then when youre a working mother you have to pretend that you feel guilty all day long.
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Change is the only constant. Learn to surf your life instead of planting your feet.
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When you're betrayed there's a period of shame and then there's always forgiveness.
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The pressure of 'what are you going to do?' makes everyone feel like they haven't done anything yet.
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I get worried for young girls sometimes I want them to feel that they can be sassy and full and weird and geeky and smart and independent, and not so withered and shriveled.
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In the trial of Saddam Hussein on Tuesday, witnesses emotionally testified about the abuse the former dictator inflicted on them. Afterward, a tearful Saddam said, 'Ah, good times.'
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Keep your virginity for as long as you can, until it starts to feel weird to you. Then just get it over with.
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A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren't one story. We can change our stories. We can write our own.
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I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius.
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Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success.
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As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.
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I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.
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You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.
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I think going from laughing to crying to laughing to crying - making those quick turns adds years to your life.
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