Mary-Louise Parker Quotes

I have to say, I haven't really worked with that many people in my career that I haven't liked, which I think is really rare.

Mary-Louise Parker

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One of the ways my first novel failed was that I was too in love with my characters.

Jesmyn Ward

LoveFirstNovelFailedCharacters

Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment.

John Bercow

LyingPunishmentCommitteeAbuse

I found a favorite chord, which is B flat 7 - that's my favorite chord.

Jens Lekman

FavoriteFoundFlatWhichChord

A great artist transforms our world, removes scales from our eyes, plugs from our ears, gloves from our fingertips, teaches us to perceive reality differently.

John Edgar Wideman

EyesGreatWorldRealityArtistUs

My 3-year-old daughter is somewhat psychic. I hate the abuse of that word, so let's just say... intuitive. She was born 'in the caul,' meaning my water never broke, and superstition says that makes a child psychic.

Alysia Reiner

DaughterWaterHateChildMeaning

I have not seen a true grounds-up revolution from a bunch of companies getting together. It takes one company to put it together, then people draft off of that, but they don't build it top to bottom with a specific vision.

Tony Fadell

VisionTogetherPeopleRevolution

Doesn't matter if I'm right or wrong - if I'm hungry or hot, I'm probably arguing with someone about something. Especially if that someone is rude.

Domhnall Gleeson

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I don't feel bitterness, I don't feel anger towards anybody. Fighting is never emotional to me.

Conor McGregor

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I was an offensive defenseman. I was up the ice as much as I was back.

Bobby Orr

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I want all my films to do well.

Arjun Kapoor

WantWellFilms

I think it's handy for a dramatist of any sort, if I can call myself that, to make use of weddings and wakes, to make use of those moments and those rituals that cause us to pause and look back or look forward and understand that life has changed.

Alice McDermott

LifeMyselfForwardThinkMoments

As writers, we do our best to conjure a world so vivid that the reader can practically walk through it - but we're still only using words and relying on readers to do a lot of work of imagining. Providing pictures as well as words offers a whole new dimension to the experience of consuming a story.

Sharon Shinn

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