Mallory Ortberg Quotes
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In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of the process.
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I have been surfing since I was six years old.
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Among the lesser effects of quantum theory are gaping holes in old ideas about causality.
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
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When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.
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'I can't get no satisfaction,' in political terms, has haunted Hungarian politics for 20 years.
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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
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My go-to jeans are old Levi's I've gotten from boyfriends; they're worn-in and really yummy and perfect.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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Lebanese mezze, Cantonese dim sum and Basque pinchos have all evolved over years and are designed to make sense together.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.
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I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
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I have a whole closet in my house that's dedicated just to jackets and coats, stuff that I've collected over the years.
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I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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I still have my old Nintendo 64 that works. And I hook it up, and I still play the original 'Goldeneye.' I'm that geek. I have an 'NBA Jam' arcade machine in my office at 'SNL.'
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I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'm a guy that's stopped drinking, though this interview is making me mighty thirsty.
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I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.
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It's a mystery of parenthood that your son can give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a stray, worm-riddled dog, share a piece of re-chewed gum from a kid with bronchitis and pick his nose and eat it on a regular basis, yet won't sit next to his sister because of 'Girl Germs'.
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My fashion statement depends on my mood. I am more of a tomboy when dressing up, and I have never worn pink in my entire life.
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When I was twenty years old, I had gum grafts put in.
