Mary Karr Quotes
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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I've always done 20 things at once. It's my way of staying alive, not to keep one dish cooking, but several dishes going. And I'm pretty organized.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.
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My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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I don't have much choice these days in how I have my hair.
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Actors' performances in films are enhanced in a million different ways, down to the choice of camera shot by the director - whether it's in slow motion or whether it's quick cut - or... the choice of music behind the close-up or the costume that you're wearing or the makeup.
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Love could solve everything.
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Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge.
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Now," said Brandons low, cold voice. "Lets not be rude eve.
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I've never contended that I had a really horrible life.
