Mary Pilon Quotes
Generations of thinkers have made typewriters their frenemies, and long before there were Gmail inboxes, print correspondence stacked up, some hastily written and impulsive on the steel gadgets.
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We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.
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I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people say: 'Do you want to come and sign some autographs?'
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.
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I started writing 'The Lord of Opium' in 2008 and produced about 80 pages before disaster struck. Three eye operations nearly put an end to my career.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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I will not have Botox. You know why? Because I eat! I eat the fat, I eat the vegetable, I eat everything. If you exercise and you don't eat enough, it takes its toll on the skin.
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Those who go along get along.
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When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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Hurry boys, hurry, we have to make a quick change or the hour will be up.
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But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level.
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I love the sunrise, as I am definitely a morning person! It's a great time to get up and have a coffee in the garden by myself before everybody wakes up.
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Generations of thinkers have made typewriters their frenemies, and long before there were Gmail inboxes, print correspondence stacked up, some hastily written and impulsive on the steel gadgets.
