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I'm a big fan of 'The Office', both the British and the American versions. (Tina Fey)
When I was going to school in, like, '84 to '88, you didn't have cell phones. There was no e-mail, if you can wrap your brain around that. View quote
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Yeah, it's tough being smart and sexy, too. I have to say, I'm really not that attractive. Until I met my husband, I could not get a date. I promise you it's true. My husband Jeff Richmond saw a diamond in the rough and took me in. View quote
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I was the editor of the school newspaper and in drama club and choir, so I was not a popular girl in the traditional sense, but I think I was known for being relatively scathing. View quote
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I like to write about women, not so much about the way they relate to men, but about the way they relate to each other. View quote
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I still want Oprah to play my best friend. I want to spend time with Oprah. View quote
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I feel like I represent normalcy in some way. View quote
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I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people. View quote
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A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby's temperature. Plus, it really teaches the baby who's boss. View quote
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I was a very confident little kid. View quote
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I got a fan letter on the back of a prison menu. And I remember thinking, 'Well, they get pie. It's not so bad. They get pie on the weekends.' I want to say blueberry and also a Boston cream pie. Not so bad. (Tina Fey)
When I started on 'Saturday Night Live,' I had the choice of wearing contact lenses, which I had never worn before, or glasses, in order to be able to read the cue cards. View quote
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I don't like a tremendous amount of conflict. I don't think that fighting and passion are the same thing. View quote
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I really admire stand-up, and I think I would have loved to learn how to do it. I think it's terrifying and thrilling. A really cool thing to do. It's a dying art, in a way. View quote
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An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women's Affairs. Man, who'd she have to show her ankles to to get that job? View quote
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I remember failing my Princeton interview. My mom wanted me to apply because ever since I was a kid she had this dream that I would apply to Princeton, but it was just not happening. View quote
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Acting is really about showing up that day and telling the writers what you feel like saying. View quote
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Most of the time you're too busy to think about it. But every now and then you say, 'I work at 'Saturday Night Live,' and that is so cool. View quote
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I think if you ask any of us here, we all dreamed of ending up on Saturday Night Live. I remember thinking, 'I'll just keep doing this as long as I can get away with it.' View quote
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Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself to people by making them laugh. Essentially, I was just trying to make them like me. But after a while it became part of my identity. View quote
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Twitter seems like a busman's holiday: just more writing. I have no plans to do it. I'll just stick with my 24/7 webcam. I'm old-fashioned that way. (Tina Fey)
I think people fetishize glasses in general. You could put glasses on a rotting pumpkin and people would think it was sexy. View quote
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Mary Tyler Moore was a working woman whose story lines were not always about dating and men. They were about work friendships and relationships, which is what I feel my adult life has mostly been about. View quote
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Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion. View quote
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When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real. View quote
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