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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An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.
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It was great fun being part of a TV series that I'd been a fan of for five years. I've been watching it every single Monday when with my wife. It was like a ritual - every Monday night on HBO Nordic, we would watch 'Game of Thrones' together.
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Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go. [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins qui marchant et qui portent ou l'on veut aller.]
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If anyone tells you it's impossible to be fabulous and smart and make a ton of money using math, well, they can just get in line behind you - and kiss your math.
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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.
