Lorrie Moore Quotes
I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'
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We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
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I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.
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I think how Chicago plays a role in my life - it had such a role in my youth and the decisions that I made as a kid and formulated who I am as an artist early on.
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It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.
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I feel nothing can push you till the time you want to get pushed.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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If I don't fight McGregor, I still have a good life.
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There are more books in the world than hours in which to read them. We are thus deeply influenced by books we haven't read, that we haven't had the time to read.
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I'm a psychologist. I was a psychology faculty member, and then I became an administrator of the department, then the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. At the time of the presidential search, I was the dean.
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The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.
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I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.
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Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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My wife and I are very blessed. I am very grateful for the life that we lead.
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My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.
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I love movies where you can sense that the director risked biting off more than they can chew.
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In Denver, I was a homebody, and that's a life I'd chosen with great happiness. I wanted that break from the arc lights and focus on building a lovely home, have some fun, look after my kids and do things that I had missed out on while pursuing my dream.
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I have to say, Alejandro Colucci is amazing. I had seen his work several times before I started making the connection between the art and the person making it, and when I heard that he was going to work on the cover for 'Seven Forges,' that connection was not yet cemented.
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It's like tabloid news programs that talk about how horrible something is, while at the same time they're glorifying it as their top story.
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Whenever I travel I like to keep the seat next to me empty. I found a great way to do it. When someone walks down the aisle and says to you, "Is someone sitting there?" just say, "No one except the Lord." Carol Leifer
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Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises.
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Anytime you take on a character... you just have to find the parts of the character that you can understand.
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I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'
