Maira Kalman Quotes
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I use honey to condition my hair and eggs for protein. Also, mayonnaise and olive oil are great options for keeping it moisturized.
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The African-American tradition, in the main, is very, very church-based, very, very Christian. It accepts, you know, certain narratives about the world. I didn't really have that present in my house.
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I know where my body's at, know how it feels, you know.
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When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.
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I've always moved between media. Some ideas just work better in some media than others.
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I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
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Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
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Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.
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Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
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Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power over women!
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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For me, one of the important things about keeping vocally healthy is warming up and making sure I'm aware where my voice is at, drinking lots of water and getting plenty of sleep, and just taking care of myself with exercise and eating healthy.
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I hope to do big action movies and strong dramas, and to produce films. I also want to get kids more involved in what's going on in the world and to be politically active.
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It isn't always the middle-aged who refuse to listen, who will not even try to understand another point of view. One boy would not get it through his head that for all adults God is not an old man in a white beard sitting on a cloud. As far as this boy was concerned, this old gentleman was the adult's god, and therefore he did not believe in God.
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If you want to relate to a certain audience or generation, you have to speak their language. I truly believe that.
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I'm sure people see me as quiet and someone who keeps things to himself a little bit. I might be quiet, but there's a lot of fire inside me, and hopefully people see that sometimes.
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I'm not interested in seeing dance die. It's not to my advantage. Nor is it to our culture's advantage or anybody else's.
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My feeling has always been if you entertain people, they give you permission to do more on a thematic or character level.
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I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.
