Mary Roach Quotes
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I wrote 'The River' practically trying to rip off every lick that James Taylor had, so it was neat to hear him sing those lyrics because that's who inspired you to write them.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
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Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
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As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a dramatic truth, but still an honest portrayal.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
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I always have to be writing.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.
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Without trust, you have nothing: trust is so important to me.
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Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.
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I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night.
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Usually, when you are an ethnic person or a trans person, in your average, everyday, unsophisticated television show, you are there for that reason. And they clearly justify and overexplain why. You very rarely see a transgender actor playing the part of a grocery-store clerk without having to say, 'Oh, look at that trans person.'
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Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train.
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My size is a huge part of me. You just have to appreciate those kinds of things. So I wasn't born with long legs - who cares. You just have to embrace it. Being body positive is really important to your overall happiness.
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The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off.
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Cravats grow higher, as if they mean to protect the throat. The highest cravats in public life will be worn by Citizen Antoine Saint-Just, of the National Convention and the Committee of Public Safety. In the dark and harrowing days of '94, an obscene feminine inversion will appear: a thin crimson ribbon, worn round a bare white neck.
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These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we have all become lazy.
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To me, death is dark, pain, grief.
