Maura Tierney Quotes
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It was like an honor thing for me to meet 50 cause I respected his whole story.
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There's competition at every phase of your life. The day we start thinking about it, you lose your peace of mind. I don't compete with anyone.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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I don't like controversy.
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I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
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The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
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There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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It's hard to tell what an entire series is going to be based on the first few episodes, or even on the first season. And it's sad because you see great casts and good ideas that don't get that opportunity to grow and show what it could turn into.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
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I contend, most seriously, that there is a real need for a good, thick, complete-as-possible dictionary of 'What People Used to Call Things.'
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Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many.
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I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It's tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time.
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Growing up on a family farm, I know firsthand the challenges of running a small business... challenges that only seem to be growing for today's entrepreneurs.
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Now run along and play, but don't get into trouble. George promised to be good. But it is easy for little monkeys to forget.
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I also remember a line from a song by Smog [Bill Callahan], which seems to describe the experience of a town-dweller moving to the country: "I was raised in a pit of snakes/Blink your eyes - I was raised on cake."
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Eventually it comes to you: the thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.
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When you are covered by His wings, it can get pretty dark.
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'The Whole Truth' was a mistake.
