Bobbie Ann Mason Quotes
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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Our mission is to help founders and anyone or anything that helps founders helps us with our mission.
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I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.
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I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
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I like junk food, French fries, hamburgers - I love it.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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I have to trust what I do and then do it.
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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People who grow up in a region doubtless have a better cultural awareness of their own cuisine, but it's also true that a lot of locals go to McDonald's, Applebee's and the like.
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I see a 16-year-old now, and to ask her to take her clothes off would feel really weird. But they were like, 'If you don't do it, then we're not going to book you again.' So I'd lock myself in the toilet and cry and then come out and do it. I never felt very comfortable about it. There's a lot of boobs. I hated my boobs! Because I was flat-chested.
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I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.
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Our true nationality is mankind.
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Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.
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Writing with kids is an adventure. It seems like someone always has the flu or pink-eye. I mean, you don't even have to be in direct contact with anyone to get pink-eye. But for parents who write, flexibility becomes essential, and as long as I have a pad of paper and a pen, I can write anywhere. Starbucks is fine.
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I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time.
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Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
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I think good-looking naked ladies turn on the majority of men.
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I never, ever talk about writing to anyone at all.
