Mary Cassatt Quotes
I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.
Quotes to Explore
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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Once I discovered how important writing music was to me and just what a huge weight it lifted off of me, I knew that it was going to be the biggest part of my life, the biggest love of my life, the biggest thing in my life.
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I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.
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I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
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I eat two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners throughout the day. It's always eating.
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Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs.
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I am not that thrilled about the way our records sound anyway. Don't get me wrong, I work hard on them and I want them to sound fantastic but I'm happy to have another interpretation of them anyway.
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
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I served in the state Senate for six years with retiring Gov. John Lynch. During that time, we had the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the country.
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But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.
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I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.
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I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.
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I understand why people think we're gay. There isn't a definition in our culture for this kind of bond between women. So I get why people have to label it – how can you be this close without it being sexual?
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My dad had the greatest admiration for MacArthur when they were working together in Washington before the Philippines. And Dad used to talk with absolute awe about MacArthur's brain.
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Usually, I'm so self-absorbed that my companion could be bleeding to death, and I might not notice.
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I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.
