Maria Semple Quotes
I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that as well. At the same time, I love work and I want to be busy all the time!
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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I really don't see a reason why you wouldn't want to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. I mean, not only was He the greatest human being to ever walk the earth, He's everything that I want to strive for. He's everything that anyone should ever want to strive for.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
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I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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Concentration camps were entirely a matter for the police and had nothing to do with the administration.
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As anyone who lived through the 1990s knows, nothing shrinks our deficits faster than a growing economy.
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[ Jonathan] Edwards is the person who really made theological determinism a serious option for Reformed thinkers, and the influence his views had in nineteenth century Reformed thought, in the USA and the UK in particular, is enormous.
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I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
