Maria Semple Quotes
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It is impossible for human beings not to view something subjectively.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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I want to make smart choices.
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The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.
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For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.
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Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality for somebody else. Let's pass it on. Let's pass it on to somebody else. At the end of the day, it is all about inequality.
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I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.
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For me, my country comes first. Nothing else matters but my country. I always felt that the best way to express your patriotism is to spread love, and that's all I ever tried to do through my work and my cinema.
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I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.
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You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
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We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.
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I am not famous at all.
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Everyone knows that the Zionist regime is a tool in the hands of the United States and British governments.
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From a magician's midnight sleevethe radio-singersdistribute all their love-songsover the dew-wet lawns.
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What's changed in New York, and what made us really change our thinking about New York, is that the different neighborhoods are becoming more important as shopping destinations than they used to be.
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You can watch any Hitchcock film and be blown away.
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I struggle with pride every day, but the one thing that I try to remind myself everyday is that I'm still a sinner no matter how many points/assists/win I get on the court.
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I wasn't a pushy parent - you have to let children be who they want to be.
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Superman tends to stand very upright, and he's very symmetrical, and those are actually the most difficult poses for me to draw.
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Loving what you do is almost as important as doing what you love, especially if you need to make a living at it.
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In London, I take the Tube everywhere.
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I've organized everything for my family since I was little. I know how to delegate and budget. I solve people's problems.
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We know the things that are not good and are right. Those things that we know are wrong, we've got to fix them.
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If you're an artist and you're on Twitter, you are doomed to mediocrity.
