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As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?'


Maggie Siff

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MAGGIE GRACE Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very...
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MAGGIE GRACE I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We ...
MAGGIE GRACE I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye...
MAGGIE GRACE I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement.
MAGGIE GRACE I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there&...
MAGGIE GRACE Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
MAGGIE GRACE I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedic...
MAGGIE GRACE In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly ...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in ...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER I am just an ordinary Catholic.
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent ...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER I regret the whole worlds that will never come into existence, the children, the grandchildren, all ...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Whatever their defects, Christian fundamentalists have lived peacefully among us in America for seve...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good ...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Marketers are out there trying to figure out how to get your money out of your child.
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Oregon is the only state in the union that facilitates suicide.
MAGGIE GALLAGHER When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
MAGGIE GALLAGHER When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political ...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Same-sex marriage is not the future.
MAGGIE GALLAGHER For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Chris...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majori...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.
MAGGIE GALLAGHER To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an aver...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. Peopl...
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