Maria Monk Quotes
I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment.
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We filmed one scene on the beach and there was definitely weird energy around, and we were followed around by a white owl to several different locations, and little things like that, or certain mishaps would happen and you'd have to wonder what that was about.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive.
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Whenever you're starting a new show, you have these awkward first lunches and meetings that are sort of mandatory, and everybody shows up, but nobody knows each other.
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As long as we’ve got somewhere to sleep, a bowl of cereal, and a coloring book we’ll be fine.
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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment.
