Mary Doria Russell Quotes
One minute, she was in the State of Puerto Rico and the next minute, she was in the State of Persistent Vegetables.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I love to get home and hang out with my family. My brothers and I love spending time at the beach. I enjoy doing all kinds of surf sports and keeping healthy.
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Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking.
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Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
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We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles.
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My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter. By the time he was ready to die he wasn't able to die in the way that he wanted to, which seemed an outrage to me.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.
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I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony.
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My senior thesis was a documentary. By the time I graduated from college, I thought I was going to make films, and my interest in acting was there but kind of confused.
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I'm a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don't really read it because it's just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn't really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it.
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Money is my military, each dollar a soldier. I never send my money into battle unprepared and undefended. I send it to conquer and take currency prisoner and bring it back to me.
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The GOP should be the GSP: the Grand Solutions Party. It should be about solutions, not talking points.
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Carrie Fisher will always be an icon as Leia, but also as Carrie. She will live on forever.
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I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influence.
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I enjoy working with Melissa a great deal. We're always looking for projects to do together. I was happy to have her do the show, because she doesn't normally do episodic unless she's starring, and I was very happy with the results.
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One minute, she was in the State of Puerto Rico and the next minute, she was in the State of Persistent Vegetables.
