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 just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's when I realized that I could actually go away.
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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I probably use my chef's knives more than any other tool in the kitchen. I'm not married to a particular brand, because they all work, they all have sharp blades.
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I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.
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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.
