Mona Simpson Quotes
My mother was a single parent, a speech therapist who worked for a company that kept a substantial percentage of the income they billed for her to teach stroke victims in convalescent hospitals to talk again.
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So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.
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Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.
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My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.
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I don't like possessions.
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I believe it's easier to be an actor. Somehow, interviewing seems to be intrusive on people's lives.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.
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I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
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At sea, I feel comfortable and I come to rest.
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When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.
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'Bramhotsavam' is a celebration of families, life and togetherness. It's a film I hold close to my heart.
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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
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Say something personal, not from a publicist.
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Young people like to think they're invincible. They don't like to face any situation where they've gotten weaker instead of stronger.
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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
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I always believe that one can't interfere in another's work. Once I start work on any film, I surrender myself completely and blindly follow the director.
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It makes sense that there is no sense without God.
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Our world is drowning in a sea of self-centeredness. You can make yourself quite unique right away by leaving this ocean of selfishness and choosing to be curious about other people.
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There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
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When I was younger I was fat. I was never conscious of it and was content with who I was because I was so loved. My mother never told me to lose weight and my father doted on me, but my agent told me. I tried, but I loved Indian food too much.
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The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy.
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My mother was a single parent, a speech therapist who worked for a company that kept a substantial percentage of the income they billed for her to teach stroke victims in convalescent hospitals to talk again.
