Mary Kay Andrews Quotes
Critics will tell you the 'meet cute' is a tired old writing cliche, but the thing is, cliche's work - because they ring true with the reader.
Quotes to Explore
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
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Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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In real life we don't know what's going to happen next. So how can you be that way on a stage? Being alive to the possibility of not knowing exactly how everything is going to happen next - if you can find places to have that happen onstage, it can resonate with an experience of living.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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People always tell me, 'Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever.' I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic.
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I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious - that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment.
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People feel good about doing things with you if you're enthusiastic.
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I have a very clear view, which is that if you disagree with the policies of Israel, fine, say so, but that is never a reason to take that out on Jewish communities.
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I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.
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Don't speak to me about your religion; first show it to me in how you treat other people. Don't tell me how much you love your God; show me in how much you love all God's children. Don't preach to me your passion for your faith; teach me through your compassion for your neighbors. In the end, I'm not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as I am in how you choose to live and give.
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If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.
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Critics will tell you the 'meet cute' is a tired old writing cliche, but the thing is, cliche's work - because they ring true with the reader.
