Bobbie Ann Mason Quotes
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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When you have a limited resource and you have a lot of people wanting that resource, then those who get more justify as to why they got more, and those who get less say they have been treated badly.
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I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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I'm very fortunate. I have a wonderful family, lots of hobbies and athletic pursuits. I always wanted to have a very well-rounded life.
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I believe that the topic of chemical weapons is critically important for international peace and security, and I take note of the ongoing debate over what course of action should be taken by the international community. All those actions should be taken within the framework of the U.N. Charter, as a matter of principle.
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You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
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Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.
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Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time.
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I think, in a lot of ways, we underestimate how much clothing plays a part in achieving our identities and in how we want the world to deal with us.
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A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting an air of sincerity when everything is actually calculated.
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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I think that inexpensive sources of planet-friendly energy are one of the most important things for us to pursue.
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Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.
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The mother-in-law is the centre of a family.
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Never define your success by somebody else's success. I never looked at another man's grass to tell how green mine should be.
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Today, there is no excuse for any one of us to sit back and go, "Ugh! There's nothing I can do about it."Because there is always something that can be done.
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This summer's hurricanes served as a trigger point to start slightly slower economic growth. Higher home heating costs, rising inflation and rising interest rate levels will cause some construction slowdowns.
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The way I see it, a clever cat prowls but calls home occasionally.
