Mary Doria Russell Quotes
In my worldview, there are filers, and there are pilers. Filers think alphabetically. Pilers think geologically.
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In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles from home to school.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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Everywhere the sky is blue. There are a multitude of cuisines and dishes. I think of them as the languages and dialects of food.
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Life is measured in love and positive contributions and moments of grace.
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I read the newspaper, but I live in my own little bubble.
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It's important not to ditch your mates when you're in a relationship. Lots of girls do it, but you need to remember they will always be there for you.
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Sitcoms routinely portray women hitting men, almost never portray men hitting women. When he fails to leave, it is not called 'Battered Man Syndrome'; it is called comedy.
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Development is not about factories, dams and roads. Development is about people.
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I … thought about societies where exceptional fortunes are built up in industries with very little connection to out sincere and significant needs, industries where it is difficult to escape from the disparity between a seriousness of means and a triviality of ends.
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The snake kills by squeezing very slowly. This is how the civilized world slowly, slowly pushes into the forest and takes away the world that used to be.
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I've played a worrying number of orphans, children who have been abandoned or had something terrible happen to them.
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I'm a huge fan of Conor McGregor, an incredible athlete. What he has done for MMA is phenomenal; he has been a great supporter of me.
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Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the older bands do. It's a celebration, and a lot of people treat it like a commercial or a distraction.
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I find myself evil. I believe in the devil as much as God. You can use either one to get things done.
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I feel like we cheated... because you read about these other directors, just like, 'Damn! They paid dues for 10 years before they got to get behind the camera.' We cheated because technology was in the right place at the right time, and we were alive at the right age at the right time for us to take advantage of that.
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What was really interesting to me about 'The Telegarden' was this idea of connecting the physical world, the natural world, and the social world through the Internet.
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To see how many Italians are going out of Italy, the sort of exodus, a great generation leaving my country, I think is the worst nightmare for me as prime minister but also for the country, of course.
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I love documentaries and the computer. I am a little addicted to the computer, and that relaxes me. I find information, I shop, and I look up people I worked with to find out if they're dead or alive.
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It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts.
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When life becomes an extended picnic, with nothing of importance to do, ideas of greatness become an irritant. Such is the nature of the Europe syndrome.
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My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, 'How come I'm not in New York?' That being said, I'm older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I'm very grateful for it.
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In my worldview, there are filers, and there are pilers. Filers think alphabetically. Pilers think geologically.
