Mark Valley Quotes
'Pasadena' erred on the side being too dark. That was probably the one thing about it, in retrospect, why it didn't get picked up.
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A spiritual partnership is a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. Spiritual partners use their delightful experiences together as well as their power struggles to learn about themselves and change themselves.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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I went to the studio of Fischli Weiss, and it was magical. I thought: 'This is what I want to do with my life; I want to work with artists and be useful to them.' I was magnetically attracted.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
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My idea of fast food is a mallard.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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Success is so bad for everybody, period. Especially a certain kind of success, when people practically give up their identity. They forget who they are, how they are.
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It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.
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One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists.
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If I had to give one piece of advice to a budding entrepreneur, I would say: 'Aim big.'
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Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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Life, in my view, is simple, tragic, and frighteningly beautiful.
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I often feel like a pretender when wearing makeup. The most beautiful features in a woman are her character and her experiences. Why hide that?
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'Pasadena' erred on the side being too dark. That was probably the one thing about it, in retrospect, why it didn't get picked up.
