Maria Bamford Quotes
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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The talent curve in game-making is going straight up to Heaven.
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In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.
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Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence.
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Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.
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I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.
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I don't think I could have a genuine relationship with someone who didn't love to travel and appreciate new foods. Traveling is a big part of my life, and I want to share that with the people close to me.
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I can use most of the tools that every American teenager can master. Maybe not all of them.
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Please write music like Wagner, only louder.
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You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.
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Is it a recent occurrence that women have tried to control when and if they reproduced? Absolutely not. By 2000 B.C., there was worldwide use of herbal potions to prevent pregnancy. Condoms were made from animal bladders.
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You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.
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I did 'Formula 51' because I got to run around Liverpool in a kilt, with golf clubs.
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No matter how irrelevant social class now is, even the most eager egalitarian must be quietly proud that the posh English rose is still an industry standard for peerlessly sophisticated beauty.
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I think whenever you come in, whenever you try to evolve a company, people will get nervous. But, if you articulate a clear vision, a clear mission to help them understand their roles in it and ask them to buy into the system, everyone will band together to make it happen.
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We did not underestimate what we could do.
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If I went to them all dressed up and flashed a nice smile for the cameras it would probably be easier for me to get work. But I just can't tolerate it.
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Sometimes it is harder for us to smile at those who live with us, the immediate members of our families, than it is to smile at those who are not so close to us. Let us never forget: love begins at home.
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Kingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in other words, my mother did it all.
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S-s-sure I'll join your cult. nervous smile
