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.
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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.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.
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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?'
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America faces a new race that has awakened.
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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.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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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.
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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.
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
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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.
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In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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All the kids are gone. It's the greatest thing that has ever happened to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hanks. I'll tell you that right now. Second greatest after having the kids in the first place. When they go, holy smoke, it's like you're dating again. It's fantastic. Also, we were doing an awful lot of work.
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But the throat just kind of falls into line once you realize in your head what it is. You got to remember the musicality of a character you're going to do.
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The fact that we're at a point today where anybody, anywhere can put a comic book together and get it in front of the entire planet without spending a dime on printing and distribution - that's the good thing, and I think that's what's going to save [the comics industry]. These young people who have nothing to do with the industry we're in, just going out there and doing their own work and putting it out there, letting people respond to it.
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There's a certain amount of tyranny in all of us to some extent, and in some people it's much more developed than in others. It's a different balance which makes us all different.
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Back in 2001, my first start-up was mentioned in the 'New York Times' and 'USA Today.' I figured that would drive thousands of visitors to the site and tons of new business. Instead, only a handful of people visited our site, and not much business came of it at all.
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When I wrote for TV, I was always thinking in terms of character and story. After fifteen years, it became hard-wired in me.
