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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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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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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We spend millions of dollars per year supplying more than adequate meals and a Koran to every detainee along with a prayer rug that meets their religious standards.
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One of my greatest fears is not being able to change, to be caught in a never-ending cycle of sameness. Growth is so important.
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The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done.
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A teddy bear is your childhood wrapped up in faded yellow fur, and as such, he commands affection long after he is out grown.
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I don't think you need to be so result-oriented when you're trying to define the success of an art work. I think we can allow some unpredictability.
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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.
