Valerie Martin Quotes
So happy ending all round, more or less. I know you’re relieved. But much as we might imagine we can leave the past behind, it has a nasty way of pressing its hoary old face against the window just as we are sitting down to the feast.
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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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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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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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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.
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I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.
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We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
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People just kind of associate me with kicking some ass.
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You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.
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At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
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I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to go to the hospital after slicing my finger while trying to cut a Kaiser roll in half.
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I thought it was cool how [ Riccardo Tisci] wanted to blend Africa and Asia because they relate to each other in so many different ways.
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The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
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There is a bit of Hans Christian Andersen in every Dane.
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I tried writing out a plot with the second or third novel I wrote, and it was so boring, so desperately boring.
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I was a history and government major at Ohio State University, and I've spent a lot of time just fiddling around with who the next president's going to be, over the years, or who would I like to see in that job, or whatever. And I've come to believe, without any reservation, in this era, the best-prepared person for this job by far is Donald Trump.
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So happy ending all round, more or less. I know you’re relieved. But much as we might imagine we can leave the past behind, it has a nasty way of pressing its hoary old face against the window just as we are sitting down to the feast.
