Mary Timony Quotes
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I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.
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I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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I kind of lost interest in school. I was never really that interested anyway. I was never academic. I didn't really go to school as much as I should have.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.
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I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.
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It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.
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A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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My mother is a beautiful writer. Writing letters back and forth with her was an athletic endeavor, and it became something I really looked forward to.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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I'm going to go to work out, and I'm going to enjoy it, and I'm going to eat really healthy. But I'm going to go to Vegas, and I'm going to stop at In-N-Out Burger, and then I'll be back on track.
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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.
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'It was as true,' said Mr. Barkis, 'as turnips is. It was as true,' said Mr. Barkis, nodding his nightcap, which was his only means of emphasis, 'as taxes is. And nothing's truer than them.'
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Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists - with it all things are possible.
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Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
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Bands are like people. They're born and then they die.
