Mallory Ortberg Quotes
After I do my first writing of the day, I will generally look at Twitter and Google News - and that's my big media secret. I look at Twitter and I look at Google because they pull all the headlines from other websites.
Quotes to Explore
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We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess, feeling such empathy for the narrator in Diamond's masterpiece that my heart was smashed.
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I'm not politically correct.
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I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie.
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I have big hands. I can't do the touch-screen thing. I'm a button guy. I want to press buttons.
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I don't drink hot beverages.
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As a liberal and progressive, I abhor the notion of conflict and bloodshed and very much want to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved.
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I will always do what I can to help others, but when I retire, I want to be a dad and a husband. I want a house and a dog in the yard. I want to have barbecues.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many of these people do what they do because of their faith.
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It's often out of my own insecurity. If I'm picky, it's for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I'm not connecting to something, then I'm not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that's really embarrassing.
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You have a very poor neighborhood. You have students that are required to go to school. They have no money, no habit of work. What if you paid them in the afternoon to work in the clerical office or as the assistant librarian?
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After I do my first writing of the day, I will generally look at Twitter and Google News - and that's my big media secret. I look at Twitter and I look at Google because they pull all the headlines from other websites.
