Bobbie Ann Mason Quotes
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It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.
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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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I think of Twitter as the place where I go to have a great conversation when I can't have one locally, which seems to be all the time, and the more time that I spend on Twitter, the more I sort of curate this incredible group of very intelligent people that I just get to know purely through the quality of their thoughts.
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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 gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.
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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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When I was 17, I worked at a bagel shop - I ate so many! I was also in all the school musicals, which we rehearsed for during the afternoons.
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Anytime I see an unusual combination of colors or patterns or texture, I buy it.
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If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
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I certainly couldn't have written 'Angela's Ashes' when my mother was alive, because she would have been ashamed.
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The small family farm is dying; people's lives are being dislocated.
