Bobbie Ann Mason Quotes
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!
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Singing is a prayer to me.
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I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.
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I think a great athlete transcends eras.
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You just don't understand humility until you have children and get divorced.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.
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The 2000 election exposed some ugly history in our country.
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When I was a child, eight or ten years old, I made a solemn promise to God that, when I grew up, I would write him a hymn for the prayer-book. The vow has never been fulfilled. But I have painted a large number of pictures, and there must be more than thirty religious ones. I wonder if they will do instead.
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The first time I fought Mike Chandler, I was thinking about money way too much. I was thinking about the end of my contract. My focus was way off. I didn't believe in the people that were guiding me.
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Everything is soothed by oil, and this is the reason why divers send out small quantities of it from their mouths, because it smooths every part which is rough.
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The small family farm is dying; people's lives are being dislocated.
