Mary Schmich Quotes
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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I am a Christian guy. And I am kind of quiet about it because I want people to take me seriously before I throw something that serious in their face.
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For those of you who thought F. W. Murnau's 'Nosferatu' was his greatest film, I have news for you: his 'Faust' blows it out of the water.
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I arrive in New York on October 15, 1975. On my own, by the way.
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In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.'
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Falsehood is a perennial spring.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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There is a vast quantity of religion current in the world which is not true, genuine Christianity. It passes muster, it satisfies sleepy consciences; but it is not good money. It is not the authentic reality that called itself Christianity in the beginning.
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The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's not 'just right' all along the way. The trap I so easily fall into is rewriting and rewriting the same scenes over and over to make them perfect, instead of continuing on into the wild unknown of the story.
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Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
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When I moved to Bombay, it was very harsh. I was nothing like what I am today. I couldn't speak a word of English. In England, people might be very understanding about that, but in Bombay, they're not very forgiving. 'If you don't speak English, how do you expect to work in Hindi films?'
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The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it.
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Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery.
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I definitely relate so much to a lot of women in comedy, but I don't love segregating the genders. I'm just as influenced by male comedians as I am female comedians.
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Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.
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When I come home, I'm just Maisie, and everywhere I go, I'm just Maisie!
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I've learned in my life that things change. Seasons changes, times change. We take different jobs. Our children grow. So, we have to study the people in our lives and adapt to them, because when we do that, we get more out of our relationships.
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We need to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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This is how memories are; what seems so clear and unforgettable at one moment vanishes like steam the next.
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One of my favorite things to do is sit around and listen to old records... You're forced to listen to the whole thing. And it's so cool digging through the bins trying to find them. I get giddy about records.
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You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when.
