Mary Manin Morrissey Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.
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I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.
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They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.
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The thought that all experience will be lost at the moment of my death makes me feel pain and fear... What a waste, decades spent building up experience, only to throw it all away... We remedy this sadness by working. For example, by writing, painting, or building cities.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.
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In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
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I was a horrible student.
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I remember doing a comedy show with Jim Carrey once, and he was out there with his foot behind his neck and rubbing his face with it.
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Living with very limited expectations is a much more immediate way of living. You really do just make the best of everything you have. I guess kids have that ability; they wait in joyful anticipation of something rather than that sense of entitlement.
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When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.
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WE HAVE SEEN that hunger and breathing are desires of the body. There are other desires that are not of the body, but again man seldom pauses to observe these desires in himself.
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It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now.
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When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream.
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I've watched those shows my whole life - being on one is like a dream. It's hard to balance that dream with the fact that this is the Edie I've known my whole life.
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You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.
