Maria Monk Quotes
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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You have to realize that a lot of life is just fortune and the ebbs of flows of what goes on.
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Several of the actors I've had the good fortune of working with stand out in my mind as 'ultimate'. I guess the obvious would be Tom Hanks, because he really is as fun and as genuine as he comes across in his films and interviews.
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I think that's one of the most unique and potentially powerful things about reddit - people come for the news, and stay for the community.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.
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I was a Girl Scout!
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.
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I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.
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All my films have some kind of statement about something - but I have to coat it with entertainment to make it palatable. Otherwise it becomes a polemic, and people don't want to see it. If you're trying to get a message out to people, you've got to entertain them at the same time.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don't take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn't know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball. We don't talk about baseball at home.
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When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
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All I do is sit at home and watch Netflix.
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One day when I was bored, I just went down to a powerlifting gym, Via Strength Systems in Albuquerque. I knew I needed to expend my energy somehow. I started working out with them four days a week. I became obsessed with lifting and being fit.
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Isn't it amazing what a pencil can have inside?
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Seize the day. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing.
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The manufacture of wax candles was another important branch of business in the nunnery.
