M. F. K. Fisher Quotes
It is all a question of weeding out what you yourself like best to do, so that you can live most agreeably in a world full of an increasing number of disagreeable surprises.
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I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.
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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I hate competition.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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As governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge.
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As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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It's hard to put into words, shaking hands with the most powerful man in the world.
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Volkswagen must continue to attack and make good use of its opportunities.
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It is all a question of weeding out what you yourself like best to do, so that you can live most agreeably in a world full of an increasing number of disagreeable surprises.
