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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Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist.
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I certainly know what it is like to go to work and leave your baby at home. It is an ache that only other mothers can understand. I always say that it feels like you've left a limb at home. And I really struggled for the first few months of work. There were times when I shut myself in my room and cried.
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To me, truth is the big thing. Constantly you're writing something and you get to a place where your characters could go this way or that and I just can't lie. The characters have gotta be true to themselves.
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Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of checks and balances are established in order to prevent accumulation of power that might lead to such Godly claims.
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Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.
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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.
