Bobbie Ann Mason Quotes
I suppose the desire to go to town helped make me ambitious, and the allure of the worlds that came in over the radio also helped. But the rewards of growing up on a farm were far greater in many ways than life in town.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form.
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Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
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Zach Galifianakis is hilarious. I worked with him on a pilot before; he's hilarious and such a nice person.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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It's not healthy to be jealous.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
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Although labor income is by far the largest component of gross national product, a job is not just a commodity. For many, work is an important reason for living. Even for those who are less fortunate in their allocation of work, being unemployed is a miserable state.
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What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.
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Only science and the spirit of seeking truth from facts can save China. I firmly believe in this.
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The hair department on 'Game of Thrones' is incredible.
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Jim Thorpe is someone I've always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football player from back in the day. I'd love to play him. And then there's a guy called Iceman who was a top hit man for the mob. I would love to play him. Actually, it's sort of in the works, so I hope it goes through.
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Seek to make your work a prayer, your believing an act, your living an art. It is then that the object of your faith will be made visible to you. It is then that you shall 'kiss the lips of your desire.'
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It's time to pull the bandage off America's foreclosure problem. The economy is ready to emerge from its recent dark period, but to make it happen soon we need to speed the resolution of millions of troubled home loans. Six years have passed since the crisis began, yet instead of accelerating, foreclosures have slowed.
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I suppose the desire to go to town helped make me ambitious, and the allure of the worlds that came in over the radio also helped. But the rewards of growing up on a farm were far greater in many ways than life in town.
