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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I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.
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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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When we shot 'The Lord of the Rings,' we had special permission to film in wild areas of New Zealand that could be accessed only by helicopter. They would drop us off and we would work all day, and they'd pick us up and take us out again.
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
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Football is my sanctuary. It's where I go to escape. It's where I'm most happy.
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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To focus our mind on the task at hand-with fierce concentration-m akes for a productive use of time.
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No, my first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got. I wish that I only would have done the SLAYER eagle and not the dragons ´coz I like tribals that stand out from a distance. Like you could be a snowblind in the concert and you are still gonna see it. That´s why I like about it.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
