Molly Bloom Quotes

Being humble got me very far when I went to L.A., because it was in stark contrast to this town of people who were so cutthroat.

Molly Bloom

• People
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• Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.

  

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• Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.

  

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• Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of going to the Moon was quite a goal.

  

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• How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?

  

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• No man may make another free.

  

  Zora Neale Hurston
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• Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.

  

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  • Up
  • Music
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• On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.

  

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  • Silence
  • Gym
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• I've always followed this page on Instagram called the Sausage Dog Hotel.

  

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  • Dog
  • Page
  • Hotel

• There is no such thing as a free lunch.

  

  Barry Commoner
  • Free
  • Lunch
  • Free Lunch

• I feel like, in general in my work life, my main goal has been to just be in a situation where I'm not bored with my job. That's been the entire principle. Got my wish.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Life
  • Work
  • Job

• I speak French, German, English, and Dutch, and I can say a few words in Spanish - none of these languages have anything to do with Valyrian.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • Words
  • English
  • Speak

• Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.

  

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• I'm absolutely amazed when some people say I am either hard or uncaring, because it's so utterly untrue. I can't say it because, if you say you are caring, it's like saying, ‘I'm a very modest person.’ Nobody believes you.

  

  Margaret Thatcher
  • People
  • Caring

• I'm not Mary Poppins, but I think I functioned with integrity.

  

  Dawn Steel
  • Integrity

• Doing improv really got me started in my whole career.

  

  Lauren Lapkus
  • Career

• I want to play against the best, and that's what I'm doing, just going out there and being focused, just competing every possession.

  

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• It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.

  

  Donatella Versace
  • People
  • Good
  • Believe

• Supporting mental wellness is crucial to any goal of decreasing gun violence in America.

  Charles B. Rangel
  • America
  • Violence
  • Gun

• My first letter of acceptance, to UMass - Amherst, came with an offer of a fellowship and a note from John Edgar Wideman.

  

  Alexander Chee
  • Acceptance

• The problem is that with blogging, the model is publish first, maybe fact-check later. In newspapers, the model is you fact check first and then publish. But those models are merging.

  

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  • Problem
  • Model
  • Newspapers

• The real trick to these movies and making the big action sequences work - and I've forgotten this sometimes and screwed it up - the characters really have to be humanized. Because you can have the greatest special effects in the world, but if you don't care about the people in those effects, there's no impact.

  

  Dean Devlin
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• Be easy on yourself. Have fun. Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who doesn't make you feel good, kick them to the curb. And the earlier you start in your life the better. The minute anybody makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it.

  

  Amy Poehler
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• Being humble got me very far when I went to L.A., because it was in stark contrast to this town of people who were so cutthroat.

  

  Molly Bloom
  • People
  • Humble
  • Because