Mona Simpson Quotes
Everybody in America grew up without a father even if they had one. It was the fifties. They were working.
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I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
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I try to do my best.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.
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There's nothing wrong in men of God going into politics. It will help them to do what is right.
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There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression.
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Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.
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I started going back and forth, New York, London, New York, London. I wasn't looking back at all. I was doing tons of jobs. Working, working, working, working.
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Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
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A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.
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The word 'campaign' is a war term. So when you go into a campaign you just prepare to go to war. If you think this is an exercise in civic activity...then you are going to be surprised.-1985
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Maybe you ride a different wave. Maybe you catch another ray of the sun That I've just begun to feel.
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The Master was allergic to ideologies. 'In a war of ideas,' he said, 'it is people who are the casualties.' Later he elaborated: 'People kill for money or for power. But the most ruthless murderers are those who kill for their ideas.'
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Rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing.
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Eating vegetarian doesn't mean you have to eat boring, humdrum dishes.
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A lot of people have said a lot of great things about Steve Jobs. And for good reason: he built the world's second-most valuable company, with billions in profits and products that have improved every aspect of our lives. But Steve didn't get there by being a soft, fluffy, Kumbaya-type leader.
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It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God.
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If forced to choose between a book and a Kindle, I'd opt for the comfort and ease of bound pages. I mean, I can't break a book if I drop it on a cement floor.
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You make a film and you don't know who it's going to appeal to.
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The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.
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Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch.
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If I want a hamburger, I'm going to have one. No 21-year-old should be worrying about whether she fits a sample size.
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I wish Adam had died with all his ribs in his body.
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Everybody in America grew up without a father even if they had one. It was the fifties. They were working.
