Maria Semple Quotes

I know what it's like to feel snobby; I know what it's like to feel anxiety; I know what it's like to feel like busted because you're crazy.

Maria Semple

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• As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Healthy
  • Diet
  • Slow

• No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Man
  • Learning
  • Something

• I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.

  

  Manuel Moroun
  • Good
  • Nothing
  • Changed

• The road to democracy is rarely smooth, but for Egyptian women, it has been exceptionally bumpy.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
  • Women
  • Democracy
  • Road

• Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.

  

  Kate Smith
  • People
  • Family
  • Friends

• Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.

  

  Ian Smith
  • Freedom
  • Justice
  • Courage

• I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.

  

  Obie Trice
  • Working
  • New
  • January

• I definitely like to play characters that don't fit any kind of mold; that are slightly offbeat, because it's more fun to play.

  

  Zuleikha Robinson
  • Fun
  • Kind
  • Like

• I grew up in a joint family of 60 people with one kitchen. So I am a firm believer in the family concept.

  

  Uday Kotak
  • Family
  • Kitchen
  • Concept

• If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • May
  • Style
  • Failure

• Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

  

  Lady Bird Johnson
  • Community
  • Place
  • Library

• I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.

  

  Sami Gayle
  • Life
  • Never
  • My Life

• The biggest compliments I've heard about 'That Metal Show' are the ones from people that say that they don't even listen to this kind of music, but, 'We love watching the show.'

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • People
  • Music
  • Love

• I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.

  

  Dabney Coleman
  • Acting
  • Theory
  • Student

• I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity with the past, and that most important ingredient in the building of a nation - memory.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Important
  • Past
  • Religion

• The 'M*A*S*H' cast loves each other with unconditional love; our domestic animals love us with unconditional love.

  

  Gary Burghoff
  • Animals
  • Domestic
  • Unconditional

• I prefer the Telugu film industry, as women are respected more than they are in the Tamil film industry. In Tamil cinema, they care only about their hero, who is God.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • God
  • Women
  • Hero

• We are political animals, as, not without reason, affirmed Aristotle, who perhaps influenced humanity's thinking more than any other ancient philosopher through his almost 200 treatises, according to reports, of which only 31 have been preserved.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Thinking
  • Political
  • Humanity

• If apartheid is removed, then the violence that is necessary to maintain it will be removed along with the pressures from apartheid which create a violent response.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Violence
  • Create
  • Will

• As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Then when you see a film later, it can be infuriating, really disappointing. I've been very lucky, though, and so many of my early experiences were great.

  

  Ebon Moss-Bachrach
  • Up
  • Great
  • Power

• When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.

  

  Jim Morrison The Doors
  • Peace
  • Authority

• I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Music
  • Tired
  • Administration

• As Americans, we shouldn't like bailouts. Where I come from, if someone takes a risk and they're going to make the profit from that risk, they shouldn't have the taxpayer pay for the losses.

  

  Henry Paulson
  • Risk
  • Profit
  • Losses

• I know what it's like to feel snobby; I know what it's like to feel anxiety; I know what it's like to feel like busted because you're crazy.

  

  Maria Semple
  • Crazy
  • Anxiety