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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In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people's perspectives... I really try and live the mission of the company and... keep everything else in my life extremely simple.
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Comics writing is for your artist. It's not for the general reader; it's for the artist. So I love writing scripts for artists.
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There is no greater feeling than hanging out with my dogs, or just walking around the land with our horses. My rescue ranch is is where I feel the most at peace and where I'm reminded of the simple things in life and let the chaos of my crazy work life fade away.
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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.
