Mary Kay Andrews Quotes
I had never thought about writing a novel. But I had two young kids, and I realized that if I could write a novel, I could work at home.
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing.
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I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.
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We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.
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Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.
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I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classes while I was in school and met a casting director who informed me quite a bit before my move out to L.A.; it made L.A. feel possible, coming from Oklahoma and not having a family that was in the industry.
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I don't know if this classifies as a video game, but I have a terrible obsession with Angry Birds.
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The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.
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The beautiful thing about theater is every night is an opportunity to incorporate what you discovered the night before.
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I'm so lucky to have such a great family. I respect them so much professionally, and they've been unconditionally supportive in the choices that I've made. It's been very good having them on my side.
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I think that boy bands as a whole are really coming back.
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You can register a political objection in a number of ways.
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You have to realize that the customer really is king. People who go into more established businesses probably have to be careful not to be casual about that. When you have a brand-new business, and nobody knows who you are, you know you have to work really hard for your customers.
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I had never thought about writing a novel. But I had two young kids, and I realized that if I could write a novel, I could work at home.
