Mary Webb Quotes
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Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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Jon Bon Jovi is remarkable.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.
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It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.
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One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
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If you care about yourself and what you do, you get nervous about it. You just don't take the money and go home.
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Kant taught us that we should follow just those rules of conduct that we would want everybody to follow. Few find this generalization of The Golden Rule a great help.
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Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.
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I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
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I had the longest, biggest bowl cut. It looked like I had a perfectly straightened mop on the top of my head.
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My priorities are to make sure we get the prescription drug bill, that we fund the research in NIH adequately, and that we fund the Center for Disease Control adequately.
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I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.
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Many businesses oppose any government mandates, even if they are already following them.
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I live on a farm in Dorset. The nearest neighbour is a quarter of a mile away. It's really quiet, with an amazing view - can't see a pylon, can't see a road. Blockbuster's an event in our house, when the little blue envelope comes in.
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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
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By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
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Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.
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I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.
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If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path.
