Mary Astor Quotes
It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness.
Quotes to Explore
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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You don't fight ideas with bombs.
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level.
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I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
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I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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On a professional side, you've got a tough problem to fix, Geoff Miller's going to do it, and he's always going to do it to very high standards, and he's always going to be on the side of right. He's always talking about 'what right looks like' - just a phrase he would always use.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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My dad was in a hospital for months. The doctors told my dad he would never be able to walk again. My dad beat all the odds. He came back and was able to walk and start boxing again. He went to No. 1 in the world at welterweight to fight for the world title. But he never had his chance to fight for a world title.
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The pancreas is by far the most complex organ in the body.
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When one is the type of writer who cares about the meaning of the historically specific setting, the history itself is not something that I would call backdrop. It's not window dressing for a timeless relationship about love and betrayal. For me, the setting and the specific history are active co-agents with me in trying to form the novel.
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Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other. More doctors compete with each other. More pharmaceutical companies. We set up war. Wait a minute, let's talk about the patient. The patient doesn't need a war.
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Resist. Come, you’re tough enough, my lady, aren’t you, if you beg for death rather than inflict evil?
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I don't revisit anything unless there's a really good occasion, like BAM screened 'This Is My Life', with Lena Dunham and Nora Ephron before she died. It also screened 'Uncle Buck', so I took my niece. I don't have a TV, so I don't happen upon old movies like you would if you had cable.
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Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
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Your neighbors will make judgments about you based on how your lawn and house look, and people who see you passing will judge you based on how clean you keep your car. It's not always fair, but it has always been true. Appearances matter, so make yours a good one.
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It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness.
