Maria Semple Quotes
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.
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Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
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I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.
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My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
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Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s.
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Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause.
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There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders.
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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through... whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.
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Love hurts the most when you really love. Sometimes you think you're in love, and then you find out that you're not because you're not really hurting. But when it's real love, then it's gonna hurt. It's supposed to hurt because it's real.
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To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
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Voters are hungry for principled, conservative fighters - because the threat to our liberties from Washington never has been greater.
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According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world.
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Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere.
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The way the media tends to cover fashion is as this superfluous, vacuous industry. They focus on models and shows, but behind all that is a massive global industry.
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If you don't find some way to discuss what's going on inside you, it can come out in other ways that are self-destructive.
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Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes.
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If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ballplayers?
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In college, you become truly independent; your discipline is honed. It has to be there for your studies. It helped make me who I am, and it increased my determination to be the best I could be.
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When the phone started ringing too many times, I had to take it back to what I can handle. I take my chances on a job or a person as opposed to a situation. I don't like to have a situation placed over my head.
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A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot.
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There are certain things that make me relax, like writing my journal. That's the only time that I'm relaxing. It's the only time I really get to examine myself.
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This is Seattle. We're supposed to have superior taste.
