Paula Poundstone Quotes
I'm really more prolific than most stand-ups. My act changes. I do fold in new experiences, new observations, whatever you want to call it.
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At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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Studies by several different researchers have shown that the number of lies we're told each day is anywhere from 20 - 200. To many, that will seem shockingly high. Yet it isn't, in light of humans being ill-suited to detect lies. The average human can detect a lie only 54% of the time.
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Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.
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I'm a very proud actor.
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I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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Nowadays, everybody assumes, when they wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get answered. Because they have the internet. No matter what the question is, someone will answer their question.
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I would go to cosmetics counters and buy two or three foundations and powders, and then go home and mix them before I came up with something suitable for my undertones.
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During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first.
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The wonderful thing is that it's so incredibly easy to be kind.
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In London, people can be so... well, it's not even a case of people being unkind or unfriendly. You just don't make any contact in London. You go from A to B with your eyes on the pavement.
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I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background.
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It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty for my taste.
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If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence of the so-called young.
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In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness.
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I wasn't really using Twitter before 'Pan Am.' It was a good way to promote the show and be with the viewers on Sunday and be available to them and take questions.
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Pretty witty Nell.
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A Chief must show no fear, no worry... A Chief is a leader first, and a man second.
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Small breasts are best for the long haul.
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No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.
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I watched films growing up, but no more than the next guy, really. Working on 'Hugo' made me appreciate cinema and the art of cinema a lot more.
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you.
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I'm really more prolific than most stand-ups. My act changes. I do fold in new experiences, new observations, whatever you want to call it.
