Maxine Kumin Quotes
That's my prescription for a happy marriage - marry someone who doesn't do anything similar to what you do.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.
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The only person I'd cry if I met would be Beyonce.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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We didn't have much money growing up, so we hopped around L.A. a lot in the '70s, '80s and '90s. I'm very familiar with the shifting culture there.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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All that you may achieve or discover you will regard as a fragment of a larger pattern of the truth which from the separate approaches every true scholar is striving to descry.
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A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
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People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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There's nothing regular about my life at all, really. I don't keep a regular schedule and every day is different. It's all rather chaotic.
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While most philanthropists tend to flock together and build their teams around friends, family, or others who happen to be retired or with a lot of free time on their hands, a great entrepreneur knows that success is directly related to the quality and talents of their team.
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People think being remembered most for one character is a negative thing, but I don't. I never expected to be remembered for anything!
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Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.
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I think that the thing that we learned back in the day of the civil rights movement is that you do have to keep on keeping on.
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To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.
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I like 'The Voice.'
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That's my prescription for a happy marriage - marry someone who doesn't do anything similar to what you do.
