Mary Pipher Quotes
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I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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It's always difficult with the superhero stuff because you're working with characters who have been written by 100 to 200 people over the past 20 years, at least, so they never sound the same or act the same. The best approach is to try to draw the best fitting line through all of the interpretations.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school as well, 'Are you the runner girl?' I'm not even the runner girl, I'm a hurdler.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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In 1966, thoughts about playing games using an ordinary TV set began to percolate in my mind.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources, if he has next to nothing for investigation and effectively works for starvation wages.
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It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
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I can't tell you how many times I get into a taxicab in New York or Los Angeles, and I'm talking to somebody who is a recent immigrant who was a doctor or lawyer or engineer or professor in the country they just came from. They're starting over again in life, and I think the majority of people out there can relate to that.
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Humans are producers of their life circumstance not just products of them.
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... I want to be one of those people who are always to be found at home, nice restful people whom everybody likes because they give a feeling of permanence to this rushing world.
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The fullness of life comes from an identity built on giving and on joy.