Mary Karr Quotes
I always thought my family was so bizarre, so when people started coming up to me and saying, 'My family was exactly like yours,' I was completely knocked out.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Mike D'Antoni was a cool coach, but he was just a bad person. He can coach. He was just mean for no reason.
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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I think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes, I don't know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.
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On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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Cinema sustains life. It captures death in its progress.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humour doesn't know what he's talking about.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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I think the 19th century is an extraordinary period with a welling up of creativity and all kinds of experimentation and exploration going on at least until 1940.
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Eventually you get bored and you want to work.
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I just play to good people; they seem to like what I do, and the more they like it, the more I play.
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It's difficult because nothing's preordained by plan and you can't control it. That's one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.
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'Elle' is such an iconic magazine, and the intersection of fashion and music has always been something that fascinates me.
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This is a global fight to get the right people in the right place and we're talking about people with PhDs in engineering, computer science, mathematics.
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I always thought my family was so bizarre, so when people started coming up to me and saying, 'My family was exactly like yours,' I was completely knocked out.
