Mary Jo White Quotes
As a former prosecutor, sometimes people refer to me as 'Attila the Hun.' I understand how people can get a reputation sometimes.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason.
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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
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I don't do meetings.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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Art is like a stock with a decent return for people in finance, and they get to feel like they are involved with culture, spend time with artists, as part of their dividend.
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The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.
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If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's.
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There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
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If he doesn’t want to skate to music that’s pretty and wear a pretty costume, then go rollerblade or skateboard or do one of those extreme sports.
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My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.
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The first and most important thing of all, at least for writers today, is to strip language clean, to lay it bare down to the bone.
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As a former prosecutor, sometimes people refer to me as 'Attila the Hun.' I understand how people can get a reputation sometimes.
