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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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
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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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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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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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Architecture has curled up in a ball and it's about itself. It has found itself either as a freakshow, where you're not sure if it's good or bad but at least it's interesting, or at the behest of forces of commerce.
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The vast majority of students in this country will continue to attend public schools.
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I want to carry on modelling for years to come.
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Life truly is a journey, and the less baggage we carry the easier the ride.
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A lot of young women ask me, 'Can you go into politics and maintain your ideals?' Well, I think you can. You might not, in any one interview, tell the whole truth, but to deliberately deceive the public who've elected you is totally unacceptable.
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'The Whole Truth' was a mistake.
