Maria Semple Quotes
I think because I try to keep things as real as I can, or I try to start from a place of reality, I almost don't have the imagination to write a book that's not set where I am.Maria Semple
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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.
Jackie Robinson -
Even complex passwords are getting easy to break if they're too short. That's because today's inexpensive computer chips have the power of supercomputers from the year 2000.
Barton Gellman -
I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
Gail Sheehy -
It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
Jackie Mason -
Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
Randall Munroe -
A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
Pamela Meyer
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I am not a kind of person now who broods over the failures and negatives.
Uday Kiran -
I'm an artist at heart.
Lance Reddick -
I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.
Calvin Trillin -
The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.
Barbara Windsor -
When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
Irwin Thomas -
I am prepared to do whatever I can do and whatever is reasonable to make sure that it is Hillary who makes it to the White House and not Trump.
J. B. Pritzker
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
Verne Troyer -
Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
M. C. Escher -
I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
Laura Harrier -
Kaepernick's protest has been very successful. I really appreciate the fact that he's been giving away money to organisations; he pledged to give away a million dollars, and he's been doing it.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
Dan Rather -
Biggie has been the logo for success, the logo for doing it big - from popping champagne, the ladies, the fashion.
Fat Joe
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It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.
Salman Khan -
I've got a great husband who's very good with Orla - she's a real daddy's girl.
Katherine Kelly -
I don't know why, anytime you see a car filled with people, it's either Middle Easterners or Mexicans. It's one of those two. Even for short trips, my dad would be like, 'Okay, everybody in the car.'
Maz Jobrani -
I think because I try to keep things as real as I can, or I try to start from a place of reality, I almost don't have the imagination to write a book that's not set where I am.
Maria Semple