Meghan O'Rourke Quotes
When my mother was sick, I found myself needing to put down in my journals all sorts of things - to try to understand them, and, I think, to try to remember them.
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Life in California is beautiful.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.
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Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.
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We had particular policies in this country that resulted in the larger share of poverty that we have in African-American communities.
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You need to have camaraderie in the clubhouse. Wherever you're working, be it a baseball team or at a business, you want to walk in there and say, 'Geez, it's great to be at work. Let's go get 'em,' as opposed to walking in there knowing there's going to be a commotion.
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I'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power.
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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I don't care about revenues.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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It's great to play someone who's so unafraid of being who she is.
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They wanted to audition people for the Middle East correspondent on 'The Daily Show.' They wanted to hire somebody ethnic for that slot. Helms had left, Cordry had left, and they felt that they needed an ethnic face. So, I went in and auditioned, and I got the job.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
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I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.
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Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Recounting of a life story, a mind thinking aloud leads one inevitably to the consideration of problems which are no longer psychological but spiritual.
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With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.
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It is always nice to get to finals, but never nice to lose in them.
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When my mother was sick, I found myself needing to put down in my journals all sorts of things - to try to understand them, and, I think, to try to remember them.
