Nora Ephron Quotes
When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.
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I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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Aesthetically, I don't really like the blond, tan thing. I am pale. So I may as well embrace the pale. Long, blond hair and a bad spray tan is the stuff of my nightmares.
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Seeing the bigger picture opens your eyes to what is the truth.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.
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It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.
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I don't think I've ever been in love, I'm sure I will be some day. I've had enormous crushes, although I've never been into the Brad Pitt thing.
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I regret all of my books.
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I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.
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It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.
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But Lord! to see the absurd nature of Englishmen, that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at every thing that looks strange.
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Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for examples.
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Anybody can be a pendejo, said John Grady. That just means asshole.
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Whether you work with a small or corporate press, the important thing is to have realistic expectations in terms of sales, promotion, and the work you have to do as an author promoting your novel.
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I really do hope that the people will like 14:59. The critics seem to like it. We got a lot of good reviews.
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People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player.
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I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.
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The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is not about great guitar playing it's really about entertainment.
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I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style – her toughness and rigor.
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I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actor's always an actor until he does a movie-star part.
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If we have confidence in our own beliefs, we should not fear freedom of thought.
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When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.
