M. J. Rose Quotes
I'm realistic about my career as a novelist. I'm certainly not a superstar and far, far from a household name, but I feel successful.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something; they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.
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I have two homes in Malibu, a home in Canada that I'm building, and I just love pouring my heart out into this part of my life.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed.
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We must defend what we have achieved so far.
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'Cool' is detached and emotionally cool. My instinct is to battle anything that seems overly cool.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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I think because people can't understand our style, they think it's a joke. Our music isn't intellectual - we make music for the common man.
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When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.
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I think that if you're improvising on TV, it's a great way to help the dialogue between actors and writers.
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Children have to be provided a nurturing environment to grow. Sadly, in India we don't have a robust mental health programme for children. There is also a lack of accountability in the public system.
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I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I almost had that one come true until I tore a tendon, so I transferred from my toes to my throat and that's where the talent settled.
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Being a parent is not just about how you treat your child; it's also about how you treat the other parent. If you treat that person with respect, that's fine, that's the way to go. But if you don't, you're not being the parent you could be.
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The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.
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My sister Liza and I have never felt that we were in competition.
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I'm realistic about my career as a novelist. I'm certainly not a superstar and far, far from a household name, but I feel successful.
