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 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 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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English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.
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For me, I have to say that I like to work a lot too, but I like not working better. The perfect scenario is when you just worked and you know something's coming up, then you have four, five, six months off. But you know you're going to have a job later.
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It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.
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It's simple: this partnership allows consumers to fire their phone company and sign up for the high-quality, low-cost voice and broadband solution that they deserve.
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The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United Kingdom today.
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Naval Station Mayport and Naval Air Station Jacksonville are the East Coast home for the MH-60Rs, and the nation's P-8A fleet and Triton operations facility are based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
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It's a lot of work that goes into producing and directing and all those kinds of things. It doesn't just happen. It's a lotta work. It's a lot more work than acting.
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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.
