Frances Mayes Quotes
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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A lot of guys try to mingle with me because of who I am. If I encounter a guy with a clean heart, I will go by my instincts. I guess my man won't be from the film industry.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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I like being unconventional.
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I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!
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The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.
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I don't have many friends.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
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We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force.
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…for a true Christian, all strangers are Jesus.
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Religion is increasingly a woman's domain in America.
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Not a lot of people have jobs that they're really comfortable with, but I'm one of those people.
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When people have an inner sense of confidence, they're more beautiful.
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In America, people are just so straightforward when they dislike things.
