Mona Simpson Quotes
Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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This is my favorite area in New York - the West Village is the heart of New York. I could never move somewhere else.
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Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.
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When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.
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Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
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I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language.
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In almost every technology area that we're ahead in, we're ahead in because the United States leads the world in computers.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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The longer I spent time on 'The Daily Show,' standing in front of a green screen pretending to report from war zones and hot spots around the world - most often from somewhere in the Middle East - the more I began to realize that 'The Daily Show' was radicalizing me.
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There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers.
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I live in New York and got a call from my agent saying there was this new role on 'Mad Men,' it might be recurring and they're seeing people tomorrow. I said, 'OK, this is one of those things where you hedge your bets, use your miles and get on a plane.' I flew out Tuesday morning and got the job on a Wednesday.
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I don't like speaking publicly when I don't have to be funny.
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Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant.
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I think a lot of films do themselves a disfavor by putting in way too much information, and everyone knows what's gonna happen next, and no one can actually discover things as they go.
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I'd love to still be able to play a bit of football, but my knees are shot to pieces.
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Broken! Busted! Everybody has something to repair. Before buying new, let Mighty Putty fix it for you.
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I don't want someone taking half a sentence or paraphrasing me... Just too much risk.
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We had, like, the greatest time you could ever imagine doing 'Arrested Development.' And as grateful as we are for the careers we have afterwards, it was - we still miss it.
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I think it's important for comedians to do our little part. I don't do it carelessly. I do it thoughtfully. I don't try to just shock. I try to make a statement.
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On Earth, we still have a beautiful atmosphere that precisely maintains a thermally driven climatic system that shelters, shields and sustains our natural treasures.
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I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I don't remember all the bombs though they did actually break up Liverpool, you know. I remember when I was a little older, there was big gaps in all the streets where houses used to be. We used to play over them.
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When I went to Fashion Week, I was very disappointed by how few women of color were in those shows. I do speak to the younger girls, and I hear them when they say they're not getting the big contracts or into the big shows. So, to sum it up, it seems that whenever we take a couple of steps forward, we take a few more backwards.
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I think backwards. "This was beautiful." Instead of forward.
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Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.
