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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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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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 waltz can be sad and at the same time uplifting. You have to see life from both sides, and the waltz encapsulates that. If you're in my audience you give yourself to me and the waltz will grab you.
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Harvard is the home of American ideas.
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If carbon came out of the ground, it has to go back into the ground.
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As those persons who despair of ever being rich make little account of small expenses, thinking that little added to a little will never make any great sum.
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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.
