Mary Steenburgen Quotes
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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Justice is revenge.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.
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I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back.
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger.
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The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it's something I had as a child or maybe it's something I had in Milan, but I want it to taste better than you ever thought.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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I'm hoping that other people can learn from me, both the mistakes I've made or the opportunities I've had, or for the decisions I've made: for instance, not to go and take a lot of different jobs in a lot of different places, but to stay in one place for most of my career.
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For many years I've been using Swarovski accessories when styling editorial photo shoots and also for red carpet appearances.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.
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I do that a lot of authors still do not do is allow people to write directly to me. I get about 50 fan letters a day, and I answer every single one of them myself. It takes a lot of time and sometimes it's a pain in the neck and I answer the same questions over and over. But the truth is these people come to my readings clutching these letters saying, "You wrote me back. I can't believe you wrote me back", and I think it really means a lot for them to know that the author values them just as much as they value the author.
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I don't know how I could plan my career.
