Mary Pilon Quotes
It's still thrilling, even if my work is something that people even pretend they're interested in on a first date or at a cocktail party.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.
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My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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Honestly, nothing tastes as good as feeling good.
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'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
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We passionately set up a programme that we call the Indian gun programme. I challenged Colonel Bhatia, who heads our defence business, that let's build an Indian gun. There's a belief that Indian companies aren't capable of this, and we want to prove them wrong, as we did in components.
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I don't want to be a commentator of my own work. If you've written the story, you've said what you want to say.
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It's still thrilling, even if my work is something that people even pretend they're interested in on a first date or at a cocktail party.
