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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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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I try to avoid describing one interpretation of my books. Of course I have an opinion. I have things I want to say, but I don't ever want to limit anybody, to have them say, 'Oh, he said this, so that's what it's about.' I'm happy people bring their own stuff to it.
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"Oh, you want too much!" she cried to Gatsby. "I love you now - isn't that enough? I can't help what's past." She began to sob helplessly. "I did love him once-but I loved you too."
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.
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The more you work, the more people can see that you're something different from what's come before.
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I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.
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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.
