Nora Ephron Quotes
Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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I think there are plenty of Libertarians that are socially conservative.
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Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
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Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.
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Music was the only voice of cinema for a very long time before we had sound; it's organically linked to cinema itself.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to learn how to contribute to society on a practical level they wouldn't get into trouble.
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The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?
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History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.
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We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.
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The few effective provisions of Dodd-Frank are masked by its many flaws - flaws that have been and will continue to be detrimental to the American economy and our financial future if not reversed.
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When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction, you have to be as factual as possible but also hopefully - also bring... emotional relevance to the piece.
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I demand pretty aggressive goal setting and a commitment to measured progress towards those goals because I don't like surprises. I don't even like good surprises.
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Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
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I always had an awful lot going on in my head, always telling myself stories, very vivid imagination.
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I know a lot of people my age are still trying to figure out what to do, and I consider myself lucky that I can make a living doing something that I truly enjoy.
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Well, you know, in this crazy world of entertainment, I would say if you have a dream, you have to pursue it.
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I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.
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Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.
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Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.
