Mallory Ortberg Quotes
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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The whole point of having money, and working and making money, is to enjoy and spend it.
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Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
Garry Kasparov -
Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works.
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I have fabulous children.
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But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations.
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The big issue with rock stars becoming actors is that sometimes it's not believable, and vice versa with actors becoming rock stars. Sometimes just doesn't fit.
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I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.
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I was terribly wounded by my wife's death.
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important.
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People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like - that's a thing that I apparently do. If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me.
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People love teen movies because everyone can relate.
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It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.
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Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.
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I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.
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If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.
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In order to arrive to a more realistic view of society, it must be recognized that there are individual differences that cannot be eradicated by the most rigid curriculum, and that various individuals will choose different educational curricula if allowed to do so.
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I used to watch some F1 races but I was never straightaway thinking 'that is what I want to do.'
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I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don't write anymore because it's just harder in English.
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We were supposed to get it the first of December.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
