Mary Doria Russell Quotes
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
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Mr. President, it may surprise my colleagues, but I am no fan of federal disaster programs for agriculture. They are difficult to pass and often a disaster to implement.
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I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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You can bend, but never break. Stay Unbreakable!
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I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.
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My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.
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I really want to see New Zealand; it's a beautiful place.
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If the United States has to accept the U.N. resolutions, we have to generalize it across the board. We can't just pick and choose where we impose and accept the U.N. resolution and don't accept them. U.N. Resolution 242 is very clear and states very clearly that Israel has to go back to the borders of the pre-war of 1967.
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Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.
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The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.
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Love is a debt, she thought. When the bill comes, you pay in grief.
