Molly Shannon Quotes
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.
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I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.
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I think that when you put yourself, as actors have to do, in other people's shoes, when you have to put on the costume that someone else has worn in their life, it gets much, much harder to be prejudiced against them and even to be - to not try to look at the world in a sense of "I'm not going to judge somebody. I'm going to try to understand who they are and what they're about."
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I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it; Never underestimate the heart of a champion.
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Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people.
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The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance.
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There are two types of mind . . . the mathematical, and what might be called the intuitive. The former arrives at its views slowly, but they are firm and rigid; the latter is endowed with greater flexibility and applies itself simultaneously to the diverse lovable parts of that which it loves.
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Setting up a college fund would be a great way to redirect the tangible evidence of Daddy's love.
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When you're the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope diamond.
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The reason statins are so helpful is that even those who are trying their best to reach their target and still can't do it have something else to rely on.
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I think of the Bible as an unauthorized biography.
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Coasting to the bottom is the only disgrace.
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Poetry can only be made out of other poems; novels out of other novels.
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I reach readers rather unintentionally, I think, and those readers likely connect with the slant, the off-kilter, the part of the road you can barely see from the well-traveled road. So, when I'm writing, I'm not thinking about audience at all. Instead, I'm trying to see behind those shrubs, down that hidden path. We're the weirdos of the world and there are so many weirdos.
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A lot of people when they make movies, the actors act like it's their journey and that everyone is on the set to facilitate their journey and the whole thing is set up that way - they ask if you want anything.
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I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later.
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There's so much to watch, I can't even keep up.
