Paula Poundstone Quotes
Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas.
Quotes to Explore
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess, feeling such empathy for the narrator in Diamond's masterpiece that my heart was smashed.
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What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.
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I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.'
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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If I could be more vague I'd write more about people in my life, but I hate hurting feelings or making people feel uncomfortable. I've done that before. Unless they're sad songs. Those get finished fast, but the mean ones often end up at the back of the bottom drawer and it's probably for the best.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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We all know Illinois has big challenges. And under Gov. Rauner, things have only gotten worse.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
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When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
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Wise men say that time is like a river. I say time is like a river of SHIT... and as you float down that river in your little canoe, your paddles are getting smaller and smaller.
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I love Kabuki, Noh theater and bunraku.
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Seventeen, eh!" said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred. "Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?" "Vaguely," said Harry, grinning up at him. "Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?" "I forge’ the details," Hagrid chortled.
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I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.
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Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas.
