Maria Semple Quotes
I'm consistently blown away by 'Mad Men.' Having spent so much time in the writers' room, I'm cursed in that anytime I watch something, I'm always calculating what the writers are up to.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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Cyberespionage and cyberattack is exploding from our adversaries inside our country. We don't seem capable of stopping it.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine.
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My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.
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It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record.
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Art historians agree that Da Vinci's paintings contain hidden levels of meaning that go well beneath the surface of the paint. Many scholars believe his work intentionally provides clues to a powerful secret... a secret that remains protected to this day by a clandestine brotherhood of which Da Vinci was a member.
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I'm not a boastful person. I like my actions to speak for me.
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I didn't have bands that I was playing with growing up, so I learned to try to adapt and play these songs that were guitar songs on the piano, and sing them.
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I grew up in Ohio. I was born in a suburb of Oakland, but I grew up in Ohio.
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But though that place I never gain, Herein lies comfort for my pain: I will be worthy of it.
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Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time.
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I'm consistently blown away by 'Mad Men.' Having spent so much time in the writers' room, I'm cursed in that anytime I watch something, I'm always calculating what the writers are up to.
