Maria Semple Quotes
I love epistolary novels and became wildly excited when the form presented itself to me.
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Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity. As opposed to many of its contemporary counterparts, Dune'is not so much focused on the styling of that activity, as on the supporting of it.
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I've always wanted to be in journalism. I even started a course at Loughborough doing media studies. I like all sports, and I am keen on writing. But I thought that while I was still young, I ought to make a real go of it at badminton. So I have put all my focus on playing sport instead of writing about it.
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I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks.
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Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
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I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.
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I definitely enjoy the kind of magic that happens being on stage with a group when everything's working. The vibe when that's happening gets even better if the audience is involved and you can feel that interaction. That's something you don't get with your headphones on in a studio; it's much different.
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The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.
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Starting with 'Forever, Interrupted,' I somehow convinced myself that in order to create content, I had to consume content. What this means is that I have legitimized binge-watching television and told myself that I must do it for work.
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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My dad wasn't the biggest role model, but he was a great musician and I loved him very much. He was a character.
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When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous.
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I'm a man of my word.
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Actually when I gave out the script, I gave it with a CD of all the music I wanted to put in the movie, and again, we never thought we'd get all that music.
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I just don't have this magnetic personality that everyone is drawn to. I don't make friends easily... I'm just not one of those people.
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I think there's a connection with what you wear. If you don't feel good about what you're wearing, you aren't going to feel confident, and you aren't going to be able to concentrate.
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I often use the word 'magical' to talk about what it feels like on set.
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During the off-season when you see other people playing in the Super Bowl, you wonder, and you say to yourself, 'Are you ever gonna get there and see what it feels like?' And it pushes you a little bit harder during that off-season to work to try to get there the following year.
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Get a feedback loop and listen to it. … When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.
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Wildly successful sites such as Flickr, Twitter and Facebook offer genuinely portable social experiences, on and off the desktop. You don't even have to go to Facebook or Twitter to experience Facebook and Twitter content or to share third-party web content with your Twitter and Facebook friends.
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Save the elephants, and then you save the forest - and then you save yourself.
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I think everybody really responds to the secret society aspect. This idea that you have to remain anonymous, and yet at the same time, you're kind of saving the world.
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Banking technology has made it simple and efficient to invest in good causes.
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Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation's picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every emotion which can be felt. Art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man's only lasting monument.
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I love epistolary novels and became wildly excited when the form presented itself to me.
