Margaret Heffernan Quotes
Clearing your head of distractions in order to notice and understand the people you are with can feel inefficient - there are so many other people and issues to think about. But being present makes you effective.
Quotes to Explore
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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I'm not slim. I'm a curvy girl: I've got thighs and a bum. I don't mind baring the fact that I've got a bit of cellulite because everybody has. I find it off-putting when everybody on telly is the same size or looks the same build. For me, it's important for people to watch someone normal.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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I was in Paris, Milan and London from '89 until '91, and I did mostly runway modeling. I know there's so many people out there looking for pictures, but this was way before the age of the Internet, sorry!
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I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious.
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Normally with film, it's normal for the screenwriter to never be seen again after finishing until the premiere.
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I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.
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I had one of those defining moments in the fourth grade when my teacher said the story I wrote was the best in the class, and therefore I would be going Young Authors Conference where I'd get to hang out with authors all day.
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When we were kids, we couldn't wait to have our own rooms, not to have to share anymore. And that is what I love about having my own bedroom. It is mine. My sleep is mine. Both pillows are mine. If I wake up, it is me who has woken me up... It makes me feel like a grown-up. I love it.
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Clearing your head of distractions in order to notice and understand the people you are with can feel inefficient - there are so many other people and issues to think about. But being present makes you effective.
