Mary Timony Quotes
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Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.
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It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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There always have been funny women.
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Most Americans would agree that Plowshares is a Theatre of the Absurd.
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A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal.
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One day, when I was 33, I shifted. I suddenly saw acting as a higher calling. I understood that my goal was to serve the play. And I realized if an actor can make audiences' hearts resonate or make them question their values - that's an important thing to do!
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It's weird to me when an artist comes in, and the label says, 'We want him to sound like Chris Brown,' but he says he wants to sound like Sean Paul. There's a huge disconnect – it's like we're making a product.
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I started rejecting the proper way to sing and I started singing.
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Faith is important to me.
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When you mix fashion and politics, you get fascism. Politics have fashion, and it's bad; fashion has politics, that are ugly.
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I'm from a normal household. I haven't always had millions to spend on creams and clothes. I like something that's affordable, but good quality. With Avon, it's really accessible, and everyone loves it. It's a brand that you can rely on.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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Head knowledge without heart knowledge is worse than useless; but when head and heart join forces, it changes our lives forever.
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Well, I decided earlier this year that I would run for president, and obviously I needed something to run on.
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I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you're older.
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There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part.
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You change people by delight, by pleasure.
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I don't have an iPod.
