Margaret Moran Quotes
I have spent my whole life trying to prove that women can get into politics. I'd now say to them, 'For God's sake don't do it - you'll get slaughtered.'
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I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis.
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Unbeing dead isn't being alive.
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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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Ignorance of the facts of life gave me my beloved son, Dickon, but at what cost to both him and me, I cannot hazard a guess.
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When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.
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If you want to bring down the prices of healthcare and education, the answer will be more innovation, more technology, which will then have the effect of freaking everybody out and saying, 'Oh, my God, you're going to kill all the jobs.'
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The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.
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The next great decathlete is going to be a runner. I still feel that a Dan O'Brien, if he was a runner and not a sprinter, could have gone over 9,000 points.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.
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I've had young women come to me and say that before they watched 'Voyager' it didn't really occur to them that they could be successful in a higher position in the field of science; girls going to MIT, girls pursuing astrophysics with a view to a career in NASA.
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I think most of us sense that it is a responsibility of the humanities to try to help better the conduct of human beings in their lives and manifold professional activities.
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Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying.
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A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.
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I wasn't trying to be a role model with 'The Dutchess,' but suddenly, seeing little girls in the audience with their moms made me think about what I do onstage a little bit more. I had to watch my mouth, because it can be filthy. It changed things for me.
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Many of us who have cars have felt some form of extreme anger at other drivers because we feel they have put us in harm's way. We might even envision ramming their cars or cutting them off in return, but do we actually do it? No, because the overwhelming majority of us never want to take another human life.
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May 2 is traditionally the National Day of Prayer, a government-designated religious event intended to encourage people to 'turn to God in prayer and meditation.'
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Watching 'Interstellar' is really like watching two movies slowly collide with each other.
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The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter.
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I always demanded respect. I came prepared and expected others to do the same.
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Nobody wants to read about a good-looking happy person.
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I have spent my whole life trying to prove that women can get into politics. I'd now say to them, 'For God's sake don't do it - you'll get slaughtered.'
