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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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days.
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My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.
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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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Bryan Adams might not be what I want to put on, but he's a pop singer with a great voice and great guitar tone. Plus, he's done more for Canada than Rush have, because he works all the time. I envy him for that.
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Being Irish means you belong to the clan. It's what you feel. They feel Irish.
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I'm going to sleep well tonight knowing that I made the right decision.
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If Helen of Troy could have been seen eating peppermints out of a paper bag, it is highly probable that her admirers would have been an entirely different class. It is the thing you are found doing while the horde looks on that you shall be loved for - or ignored.
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Sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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Everybody in America grew up without a father even if they had one. It was the fifties. They were working.
