Meghan O'Rourke Quotes
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they're strong - I can pinch people with my toes.
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A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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I'm skilled in the Twitter and Instagram sense of the social media verse.
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As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure that consumer entrepreneurs know there's still money available.
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If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, and I don't write it down, then I could be at lunch with you, and it's like there's a pile of laundry in my brain that I haven't put away, and I struggle to really listen, so that's always been important to me.
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But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home.
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I need to write a sitcom, but something with warmth, not one where the dad comes home and he's treated like an idiot.
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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
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I love the community of theater. There is something about the camaraderie: People who show up eight times a week to do a show. It's unlike any other business. It's just lovely. You feel like you're in a family.
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I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man do I have fun!
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Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world.
