Maria Semple Quotes
When I wrote for TV, I was always thinking in terms of character and story. After fifteen years, it became hard-wired in me.Maria Semple
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
Orson Pratt -
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
Sallust -
Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.
Kacey Musgraves -
I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I've had and also the people I've had around me.
Lana Del Rey -
By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.
Samuel Chase -
I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
Gaby Hoffmann
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I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.
Marat Safin -
I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
Tammy Duckworth -
America faces a new race that has awakened.
E. Franklin Frazier -
It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
Yuna -
I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
Gary Ross -
Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
Yancy Butler
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
Ice Cube -
I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
Fiona Shaw -
The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser and smarter. There might be a joke or two in the past that I wish I hadn't done, but in the past, you can't have it back.
Larry the Cable Guy -
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
Oscar Wilde -
As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
Karine Vanasse -
Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
Vida Blue
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All my movies are achingly personal.
Quentin Tarantino -
When you think about it, what's the difference between Bobby Knight and Vince Lombardi? Why is one guy a god, and the other guy is regarded as a crazy man?
Brian Dennehy -
Only in the stillness of detachment can the soul yield up her secrets.
Elsa Barker -
If the public dislikes one of my Post covers, I can't help disliking it myself.
Norman Rockwell -
When I wrote for TV, I was always thinking in terms of character and story. After fifteen years, it became hard-wired in me.
Maria Semple