Mary Badham Quotes
If more people would try and reach up instead of going to the lowest common denominator, I think we'd be a lot better off.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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I find celebrity really scary.
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I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities.
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It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.
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'Boom Bang a Bang' was a huge part of me, maybe a part that I didn't relish, and there might be psychological reasons for that - I was a child being made to do things I didn't want to do. I was perhaps an elitist, a bit of a snob.
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Kubrick's vision seemed to be that humans are doomed, whereas Clarke's is that humans are moving on to a better stage of evolution.
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Only one chance one bullet in the gun. This is my life and I only got one, yeah. The safety’s off and I put on her. Oh stick ‘em up, stick ‘em up. Ready to shoot.
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If more people would try and reach up instead of going to the lowest common denominator, I think we'd be a lot better off.
