Nevada Barr Quotes
“Perhaps love was like the mumps. If a woman came down with it after forty, it could kill her”
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The devoted golfer is an anguished soul who has learned a lot about putting just as an avalanche victim has learned a lot about snow.
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With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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I want to do a character in a one-woman show who's a yoga teacher from the Bronx. I could do the best accent: 'Raise yaw ahms up! Reach faw da sky!'
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Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to keep it there until I am 18, and I don't think anyone can touch that. No money has been taken out of there.
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My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare.
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
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Today, the origin of 90% of all the edible food Gambians consume are from places they have never heard of.
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The core of my personality consists of many selves.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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We are what we believe we are.
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Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest.
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I went in and auditioned for one of the main guys for 'The League' when it was first casting, and I was so excited because I was like, 'Oh my God, this is my life!' I love fantasy football, and I play with my buddies, and my wife is frustrated with it.
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Protect yourself like you would your cubs - as a grown woman, you're no one's cub anymore.
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Who would thought only of themselves and kill their race? You would hate other people if you don't want to stay who you are.
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We don't forgive because we agree with actions. We forgive so we can occupy our hearts with love.
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“Perhaps love was like the mumps. If a woman came down with it after forty, it could kill her”
