Maria Semple Quotes
After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap.
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books.
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Guys back in the day, we didn't have wallets. I never kept my money in my pocket; my money always went in my sock. My key my mom gave me, I put it in my sock - whatever it was.
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Oh God, I don't know if I ever really felt beautiful. I don't, really.
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations.
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Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.
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Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.
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Acting is like driving; you can never forget it, and it's in my blood.
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The modern era has brought up immense conveniences but at what price. The human heart is desperate for something more than a quicker serving of popcorn.
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One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.
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Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
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The new narrative for Europe should be about the need to have a responsible organisation, the need to be able to defend our interests and promote our values, like human rights.
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After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap.
