Maria Bamford Quotes
She said I was afraid of success, which may in fact be true, because I have a feeling that fufilling my potential would really cut into my sittin' around time.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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I'm a proud family man.
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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
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This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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With the scale of our traffic, content library and monetization ability, we are confident to see profitable growth in the future.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperbacks.
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I want my world to be fun. No parents, no rules, no nothing. Like, no one can stop me. No one can stop me.
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Meditation is a gift confined to unknown philosophers and cows. Others don't begin to think till they begin to talk or write.
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In elementary school, I was always writing little plays for my friends to be in. I was much more of a director than a performer.
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For survivors, the word closure often connotes that the bereaved are underachievers who flunked a grief course.
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She said I was afraid of success, which may in fact be true, because I have a feeling that fufilling my potential would really cut into my sittin' around time.
