Mary Kay Andrews Quotes
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
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I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.
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I'm just kind of fascinated by how we can deny that we are animals and what our impact on the other animals is like, and how quixotic we can be in trying to assess what we've done in trying to correct it.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.
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I've always been a fan of the VMAs, and I've always worked hard just to get a ticket to go to the VMAs.
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If I've still got my pants on in the second scene, I think they've sent me the wrong script.
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Many of our deepest motives come, not from an adult logic of how things work in the world, but out of something that is frozen from childhood.
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For years, I swore I couldn't work out because my own sweat gave me a rash.
