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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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
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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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Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
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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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My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.
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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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Even on television, the wavelengths that you use, they have to be distributed between countries.
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I always think about my lifestyle when designing, so that's being a mother, being a career woman, being a wife, and being a woman who loves to entertain.
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I didn't play JV because I went straight to varsity and started as a 10th grader - that was back in the day when you could not play varsity as a ninth grader. I went right from playing junior high football to varsity.
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I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.
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I have always made a distinction between healing and curing. To me, 'healed' represents a condition of one's life; 'cured' relates strictly to one's physical condition. In other words, there may be healed quadriplegics and AIDS patients, and cured cancer patients who are leading unhealthy lives.
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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.
