Maria Semple Quotes
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like Weinberger. I think the most bellicose ruling group in the Western world at the moment is the British.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not like?
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For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone.
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I received free health care.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
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We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.
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When I first went to New York I was right out of high school, I was 17 years old, and I had never seen a building over two stories high.
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I was raised to believe that America was a force for good in the world and that it should take its leadership role seriously.
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The Sabbath is not simply a time to rest, to recuperate. We should look at our work from the outside, not just from within.
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I think the rejection - if it's taken in the right spirit, it can make you a better person. And I think that is what I've always striven for. If one thing didn't work out, a project or anything, it doesn't mean that I lose my own confidence. In fact, I give myself a lot more confidence and opportunities.
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I kind of like to keep it very minimal. I get a lot of products sent to me, and I like to try them, but I end up just literally washing my face and putting on moisturizer and toner.
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Cerebus: The valuable lesson is that you can get what you want and still not be very happy... (p. 296)
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An artist must create. If she doesn't, she will become a menace to society.
