Barbara Mertz Quotes
I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
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I'm from Iowa Falls, Iowa. My dad was a small-town lawyer, and my mom was a pharmacist. She worked at Swartz Drug. I have five older brothers.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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It's time to re-think charity. It's time to give charity the big-league freedoms we really give to business. The fight for these freedoms must be our new cause, because without them, all of our causes are ultimately lost.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.
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The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.
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It was helpful to have the American troops there in great strength. They knew there'd be consequences if they didn't move back. Now, there has been some removal of the foreign forces.
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My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.
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What you want to do, particularly when you're dealing with a professional sports league and franchises and people's passionate commitment to the game and for the team they root for is, it has to be sustainable.
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You never see a French person eating alone.
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I always recommend to any player to always compose their own music. It's one of the best things you can do to find a road to your own style.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
