Mary Doria Russell Quotes
John Henry Holliday didn't have a mother to love him when he was grown, so I have taken him for my own. My fondest hope for Doc is that it will win for him the compassion and respect I think he deserves.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I want any kid who listens to my music to see that I am confident with all elements of my personality that I can't change.
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I'm a big sports fan - mainly basketball.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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The quality of TV, I think, is at an all-time high. The problem with it is the way that we end up consuming it - generally a cable box. A satellite receiver is, to me, nothing more than a glorified VCR.
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Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor.
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
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The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.
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I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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In market research I did at Microsoft Corp. in the early 1990s, I estimated that the 'Wall Street Journal' took in about 75 cents per copy from subscribers, $1.25 at the newsstand and a whopping $5 per copy from ads. The ad revenue let them run a far bigger newsroom than subscribers were paying for.
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Kids are very cruel to each other.
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I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.
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I'd rather go to a flea market than just about anything. It's the process I like - the same with getting dressed. If I've got someplace to be, I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event. Sometimes. Even in my own closet, I love to dig and search and find.
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You don't sign up for a divorce when you get married. It's very painful. But it's taught me a great deal about myself.
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John Henry Holliday didn't have a mother to love him when he was grown, so I have taken him for my own. My fondest hope for Doc is that it will win for him the compassion and respect I think he deserves.
