Mary Hunter Austin Quotes
People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker.
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Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too.
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Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.
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If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.
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I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get that, and go for the simple songs, but I prefer something a bit more complicated, which is more meaningful to the creator.
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I find it quite boring when people do things that are very considered and thought through. I like things best when they're just done because they're fun or beautiful, or simply because they are what that one person wanted to do at that one time.
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I think culture precedes politics, and I think the attempts to try and legislate people's behavior... isn't going to be productive until the culture decides what they want to achieve.
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I'm sorry; I ruin people's interviews because I just talk about rubbish.
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I was the one who was always calling people.
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There is some group of Americans who are really, really curious to understand how we ended up at this point, where every week it seems like you can turn on your TV and see some sort of abuse being heaped on black people.
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The magazine, the daytime show, we've always tried to write affordable, accessible. Those are key words for us, and I do mean us, a huge staff of people at the magazine who love to cook affordable, friendly food that helps families eat better for less.
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You need to talk about sex with a sense of humor, especially because sex is a sensitive area for a lot of people.
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People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.
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I'm very punctual. I wish I could change this about myself because most people around me are not.
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When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.
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On the subject of religious belief, we relax standards of reasonableness and evidence that we rely on in every other area of our lives. We relax so totally that people believe the most ludicrous propositions, and are willing to organize their lives around them.
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I so think it's limiting to define an audience ahead of time. This is something I've brought on myself by being like, 'There are no 'real' teen publications! That's what I'll do!' But then it's like, well, if I want 'Rookie' to be successful and popular, then people will invalidate the realness by saying it's popular and mainstream.
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My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.
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I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.
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Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.
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Every time I get criticism from people, I learn from it and what to do the next time so there are fewer misconceptions. I'm continuing to be socialized as a woman, but also as a filmmaker.
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Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly. Ultimately you can see those as gifts.
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You feel like half of your life is a vacation when you go to these Barcelona music festivals and have all day to sound check or go to the pool.
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People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker.
