Mary Beth Whitehead Quotes
I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes. I'd do a lot of things different if I could. I'd never, ever, get involved with surrogacy again. It's so weird.
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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I think what human beings need is to be able to laugh at the absurd, hold on to ambiguity, and learn to love nuance, instead of making everything one or the other, and structurally, so much of the Internet and online publishing doesn't have room for any of that.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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To play something which is a big spectrum is so much more fun, so much more of a challenge.
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I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
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I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.
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When there's no push back against Islamophobic rhetoric, people see that as tacit endorsement of anti-Islamic rhetoric.
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All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.
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O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.
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My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.
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In the beginning, when I was doing my shows, I was incorporating a lot of Spanish, just trying to be a Latino comic instead of just a comic. Now I try to make the show as broad as possible... I don't want to alienate people. I want to make it so everybody can follow along and everybody can relate.
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To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.
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I didn't get attached to Botox. It is costly, and you have to remember to keep doing it.
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Everyone works hard for each other, and if we're having an off day, everyone else is there to pick things up.
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Novels have much more space than short stories, which gives you more leeway with the number of characters you can include. Even 'furniture' characters can be described and given speaking parts to develop background or atmosphere.
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Know people for who they are rather than for what they are.
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I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes. I'd do a lot of things different if I could. I'd never, ever, get involved with surrogacy again. It's so weird.
