Valerie Faris Quotes
I like being able to talk about work while we're making dinner. I'd rather discuss it at that moment while it's fresh.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
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I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.
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We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
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Prison has humbled me in a lot of ways, because when you go to prison, I became 11 R 2024 you know, I wasn't Ja Rule the superstar. I wasn't any of that. I was just a regular inmate.
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There is a childlike side in the work of the Dadaists, Klee, Miró, Calder and Picasso. I am trying to make things that are very, very serious, and what comes out of it is things that are quite friendly, gay, and sometimes even amusing. [Chaim] Soutine tried to work like Rembrandt, and yet there is nothing of Rembrandt in his pictures.
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Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
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That wasn't because of money, it was because I had a job for the next two days and wanted to work. So I faked a test. That was over two years ago. Why has there been no issue about it since then?
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I have to look after myself. I go to the gym every day; I have physio every day, I have a couple of guys that work with my body a lot.
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I was born in the Midwest, where 'salad' was cherry Jell-O with bananas in it. Now children are more aware of healthy foods.
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I like being able to talk about work while we're making dinner. I'd rather discuss it at that moment while it's fresh.
