Maria Semple Quotes
There's something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator.
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Sure, we think it would be great to live forever, but it really wouldn't.
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
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Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
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Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.
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I don't have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes into my mind, and from there the main job is to give form to it.
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You've got to keep pushing, keep driving, because in this business, you're going to hear 'no' a lot more than you hear 'yes.'
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.
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I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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Success is the only unforgivable sin against your neighbor.
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I always thought I was a writer on the inside, but after a few years of not writing, you can't make that claim anymore.
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Putting your well-being first - like putting your oxygen mask on before you help the person next to you - that really benefits all your relationships.
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When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.
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There's something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator.
