Mary Kay Andrews Quotes
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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I grew up in a house full of books and parents who read, which led to me to reading from a very young age. And reading seemed to naturally progress to writing.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
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Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I love creative people.
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I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day.
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There is always going to be a little bit of me in each character.
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I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.
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I really like funny women. I'm drawn to women like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, Amy Schumer. They're writers, they're producers, they're actresses. They're brilliant, funny, excellent women.
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You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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It's strange to play outdoors, especially in the daytime. But we're figuring it out. The rules are different for festival shows - how you talk to the crowd, how you can try to get them involved. Things are just a little different, and I think we've learned to adapt our show.
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There are always interesting, innovative, dynamic stories being written and being published. They're not always being prominently published, but they're being published.
Curtis Sittenfeld -
I wanted a garret hideaway to write in like Jo March in 'Little Women.'
