Laura Lippman Quotes
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I always wanted to do creative things, but I was really interested in entrepreneurship. My family comes from a very entrepreneurial culture, so business was always something I was interested in.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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If you get 10,000 guys to put their ideal woman into a computer, it still comes out looking like Angelina Jolie.
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I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!
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When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'
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Anyone can wear my dresses. They will look good on any figure, no matter what shape you are. I want to celebrate a woman's inner strength, to inspire real women and make them feel confident and beautiful.
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This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
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I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.
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Dad always explained the car engine when he repaired it, and he had many technical books, so I was making electromagnets by age eight as well as reading my mother's medical and nursing books. I suspect I was born with a boundless curiosity, and this was encouraged through my childhood.
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My stepdad is a Patriots fan, so I've become a Pats fan, too.
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We have a bad image in the world, I've got to admit. I just want people to think twice about Colombia. Don't go by the first impression.
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The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
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The actual process of filmmaking, the many hours out of your life- it is very slow and boring. I'm not interested in that now unless an opportunity was provided for me.
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I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!
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Researchers can measure what kind of angles your legs take up during the day when they're just trailing around behind you in weightless conditions, and what kind of impacts you feel during your exercise. They're going to compare that with what we do on the ground.
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No one really knows how to deal with the unexpected. How do you rehearse the unknown?
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I'm always reading several books at the same time, depending on how deeply engrossed in it I am, if it's fiction and if it captures me.
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Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.
