Mary Karr Quotes
I think being tortured as a virtue is a kind of antiquated sense of what it is to be an artist. It comes out of that Symbolist idea, back to Rimbaud and all that disordering of the senses and all of that being some exalted state. When I've been that way, I've always been less exalted than I would have liked.
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I am a Muslim. I am born to Muslim parents. I have a Muslim son. I have been imprisoned and witnessed torture for my previous understanding of my religion.
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I've met Michael Keaton, John Favreau, Marisa Tomei - they're all really amazing people and really, really professional. I've learned so much from just watching them operate on set.
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
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I'm a professional actor, not a celebrity.
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If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.
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Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.
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It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.
Nastassja Kinski -
Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.
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It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.
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The purest joy for the human spirit and the sheerest delight for man's heart are the rapture of the spirit contained within the love of God.
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Indeed, we must foster cost-saving competition. And that means joining the marketplace of other industrialized countries - not just for the manufacturers who sell drugs, but for consumers as well.
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I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both.
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I'm nothing without God.
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You alone are enough.
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I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.
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No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women or they have never thought seriously about them.
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Pooh said good-bye affectionately to his fourteen pots of honey, and hoped they were fifteen; and he and Rabbit went out into the Forest.
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The emphasis on religion as a basis of defining majorities and minorities in a secular state is quite misplaced and contradiction in terms. You all understand, I am sure, that religion does not aim at dividing. On the other hand, all true religions have a basic unity.
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I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them.
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In my heart of hearts I believe I was made to entertain.
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If you're not accurate, you'll cause untold trouble.
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There is a point at which a transformation has to take place.
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I've only been to these foreign countries: Canada, L.A. and Miami.
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I think being tortured as a virtue is a kind of antiquated sense of what it is to be an artist. It comes out of that Symbolist idea, back to Rimbaud and all that disordering of the senses and all of that being some exalted state. When I've been that way, I've always been less exalted than I would have liked.
