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 don't believe in a chronological way of doing things.
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It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.
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I can't change the way I am … but if I offended you, good. Cause I still don't give a fuck.
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For me, I value connection a lot, talking to people and connecting. Don't get me wrong: I enjoy having my own time, but I think it's really important to have that connection, so living on Mars would be a struggle for me.
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I used to take my car and go down to the South Island for five or six days and climb glaciers and jump out of planes and jump off bridges and go white water rafting - a bit of thrill-seeking.
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The small family farm is dying; people's lives are being dislocated.
