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The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.

Beautiful More Often Out
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People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular moment is a statement of their permanent desires.

Around People Constantly Emotions
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Well, it's more of a sane life to be part of an ensemble! I find that the work can be more specific too and I have to really make sure I know where I am in the story because I'm not in every scene.

Am Because Ensemble Every
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The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else.

Anybody Anybody Else Bring Else
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I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety.

Actor Adrenaline Coming Downside
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I take the no-doughnut pledge, and then I break it.

Break Pledge Take Then
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I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.

Beauty Could Feedback Funny
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Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.

Celebrate Christmas Dad Like
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As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.

Actor Always Gets Life
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Honestly, 'Parenthood' was not what I planned. I didn't plan to do another drama. I didn't plan to play a single mom. I didn't plan, even, to do an ensemble show. But I hadn't found anything I liked as much. I just connected to the show.

Another Anything Connected Drama
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I always saw myself as a comedic actor and wacky best friend.
Actor Always Best Best Friend
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What I remember about coming to L.A. is that suddenly work was as big a presence in my life as my life itself.

About Big Coming I Remember
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Strangers were worried about me; that's how long I was single!
About How Long Me
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If you're meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you've already set the bar too high.

After Bar First First Time
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The thing about good writing is it has a music to it.
About Good Good Writing Music
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The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.
Dependent Focus Intensity Time
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I get concerned when I see kids on their phones. They don't read enough anymore, anything longer than a tweet.

Anymore Anything Concerned Enough
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Because I have no consistent schedule as an actor, it was difficult to develop one as a writer. Ideally, I'd like to write first thing in the morning, every day. But sometimes I'm called to set before the sun comes up, or I've worked late the night before, or I'm on a plane.

Actor Because Before Consistent
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Having trees and a track to run on have become more important to me than living near cool restaurants.

Become Cool Having Important
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I've pretty much always been on a diet since I was born. And the women in my family struggle, so I find the less I think about food, in a way, the happier I am. In general, I think I eat less the less I think about it.

About Always Am Been
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I've always really liked being active. I do Spinning classes, I run, I have a trainer, I do Pilates with my sister Shade.

Active Always Being Classes
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I've always thought my strengths were I'm smart, and I have a good sense of humor. I definitely struggle with feeling confident.

Always Confident Definitely Feeling
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Sometimes I'll think, 'That was a really nice day. I ate well, I exercised, I called some friends, wasn't working too hard,' but I rarely have one of those.

Ate Day Friends Hard
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Honestly, I was such a tomboy as a kid. People were taking from their mothers' closets - I was taking from my dad's closet. It was the '80s, so it wasn't terrible, but I was wearing my dad's dress shirts over jeans from the Gap.

Closet Closets Dad Dress
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I have way too many jeans. But I never seem to have a top to wear.

Jeans Many Never Seem
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I really think if you're trying to look good, do something athletic. I have a little mini tramp, and sometimes I'll just try to jump for 20 minutes. It gets your blood circulating, and that always looks really pretty.

Always Athletic Blood Gets
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Just for daily wear, I love discovering new jeans companies.

Companies Daily Discovering I Love
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I get a delivery of a diet food during the week, which doesn't mean that I don't eat the occasional Krispy Kreme doughnut.

Delivery Diet Doughnut Eat
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I've learned a lot from trainers over the years, but mainly that you need discipline to stay in the gym and out of the many fine cupcake emporiums on every corner.

Corner Discipline Every Fine
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Acting is the most bizarre profession. You can stay in it for years and not really be in it and be waiting for someone to give you an opportunity. It's like when I watch 'American Idol' and see people who have been told to believe in themselves at all costs: It's not always a good idea.

Acting Always American American Idol
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I love doing the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle, even on the days I can't finish it.
Crossword Days Doing Even
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For a time in high school, I had glasses, braces, and a cast. I like to call this look 'no date for homecoming.'

Braces Call Cast Date
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I dream of playing Lady Cora's sister on 'Downton Abbey.'

Abbey Downton Abbey Dream I Dream
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Become who you are by learning who you are.
Become Who Learning You
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It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

Consumption Goals Heights Pleasure
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The passive ironic attitude is not cool or romantic, but pathetic and destructive.

Passive Ironic Attitude Destructive
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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
Competent Friends Friendship Work
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Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.

Artist Artwork Care Chance
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The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

Antagonistic Between Commitment Doubt
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Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

Capacity Development Freedom Hand
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Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

Price Pay Valuable Time
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There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.

Dangerous Intoxicating Victory Nothing
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People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.

Complicated People Masks Society
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Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated

Act Fashion King Royal
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But the human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to break out of its cage, and if it is not tamed, it will tun wild and cause you grief.

Cage Human Beast Master
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When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.
When Comes Ingredient Magic
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Your faith in yourself should overcome your insecurities. Imagine yourself a king and you will become a king.

Faith Imagine King Become
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Power is not what we do but what we do not – hasty and unwise actions that we repeat every day and which ultimately bring us into trouble.

Hasty Power Actions Unwise
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If the happiness and prosperity of other people depend on you, you have nothing to fear anymore.
Anymore Depend Happiness Nothing
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Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

Air Facts Fly Never
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