Zoe Foster Blake Quotes
By mid-morning, I take a break from my novel and work on my Sunday Style column, which is about pop culture and what I find on the web. I usually start writing it at the beginning of the week and give it a couple of days to marinate before I return to it.
Quotes to Explore
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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'Coexist' was tough to make.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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To be with old friends is very warming and comforting.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible.
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I knew that I wanted to write about a very young woman because I wanted to see the eyes of the art world in a fresh or even slightly naive way. Because there's something very honest about entering a room and not having a read on everyone there.
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
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I like the old-school muscle cars.
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Writing is getting killed by too many chefs. Back in the Bogart days, it started with great scripts. You had a writer, and he wrote a script, and that was your movie. I think that's been watered down a bit lately.
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Coming from having absolutely nothing to having a few grand in the bank, it was a big culture leap. I think that's why I went off the rails a bit really, 'cause there was no training for it. They didn't do fame in schools.
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Sandler's always good. Tom Hanks gave me some good advice.
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The people of New Jersey stepped up. They shared in the sacrifice. You know what else they did? They rewarded politicians who lead instead of politicians who pandered.
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By mid-morning, I take a break from my novel and work on my Sunday Style column, which is about pop culture and what I find on the web. I usually start writing it at the beginning of the week and give it a couple of days to marinate before I return to it.
