Maurissa Tancharoen Quotes
As writers, we only aim to please. Or we aimed to please as children, which is why we became writers.
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People take things so seriously.
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I bought a girl roses once.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.
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It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.
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I feel like if you flip through my Instagram, you'll kind of see the same angles and poses every time. That's the trick to having people love your Instagram selfies. It's all about your angles.
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They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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I consider the many years I produced 'Frontline' documentaries as the essential building blocks of my success.
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I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.
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When I paint, some things come out, and I don't know. Maybe it's because I have such talent as a painter.
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At Pixar, we do a million versions of the movie, and every one of them goes through their awkward teenage phase where it's terrible and doesn't make sense, and we just keep working on it.
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I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I was born, and I was born in the mid-'70s. I don't know why, exactly, I'm drawn to those sounds.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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Winston Churchill is the only remaining specimen of a real Tory.
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What better can parents and children give to each other than respectful, understanding attention.
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Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
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I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.
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As writers, we only aim to please. Or we aimed to please as children, which is why we became writers.
