Bobbie Ann Mason Quotes
We had a cistern for water. My grandmother churned butter and made lye soap. She and my mother did the washing in a wash kettle outdoors, using a fire to heat the water. That's the way they did the wash until the 1950s.
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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Open-source encyclopedias such as Wikipedia and search engines such as Google and Bing, which people can tap into anytime and anywhere via computers and smart phones, put a world of knowledge at our fingertips at a lower cost than ever before.
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I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!
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I think I'm pretty fearless. I like to try things at least once, things that I never thought that I would try.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
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In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.
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When I started out, it was rare to see elected representatives with foreign roots. Often, I was relegated to my origins, put in the diversity box: 'You're the new face of diversity.' That annoyed me because I always felt French, and suddenly I was being made to feel I wan't as French as others.
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Girls aren't very good at keeping maps in their brains", said Edmund, "That's because we've got something in them", replied Lucy.
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When I talk to Steve Martin, he's joyful when he talks about comedy.
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With this CD technology, you can just remix a record right there on the spot.
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I love Les Beaux Peeps. Everyone in that band works together really well. I used to go out to see bands a lot; now it seems there just aren't any I like.
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Mother, they would praise my balls if I hung them high enough.
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We had a cistern for water. My grandmother churned butter and made lye soap. She and my mother did the washing in a wash kettle outdoors, using a fire to heat the water. That's the way they did the wash until the 1950s.
