Margaret Heffernan Quotes
Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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I don't mind doing the green-screen stuff at all, and in fact it's a lot like black-box theater, which I did plenty of in New York.
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I've always felt that color is intrinsically personal. It evokes a tremendous amount of emotion. If there's a color you respond to, that's something you can incorporate into your home. No one can tell you it's wrong.
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The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.
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Long-, medium- and short-grain rices differ in the amount and type of starch they have.
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I always said whoever brings Mexican food to New York would make a million dollars. Then Chipotle happened, which is fine.
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If we thought it would improve our relationship, we would get married tomorrow, but as it is, nearly 7 years after we got engaged, we are content to wait.
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In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet a child's need for quietness is the same today as it has always been--it may even be greater--for quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer.
