Mary Doria Russell Quotes

Like so many Boomers, I saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' in 1962 when it was first released and when we were young teenagers. I'm not quite sure why - I really wish some psychologist would explain this - but that movie had a tremendous effect on many of us.

Mary Doria Russell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 19, 1950

Topics

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The writer creates the role on the page and then the actor takes it and makes it their own.

Joanna Kerns

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If I print something out, I just spend all my time trying to find where I've put it down.

Jennifer Ehle

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When you're a director, you really live whatever you do.

John Lasseter

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If you're extremely, painfully frightened of age, it shows.

Jeanne Moreau

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The Prime Minister in the UK thinks spending and borrowing more is the right thing to do in the circumstances, and is busily trying to bail out chunks of the private sector which would otherwise have to adjust more quickly to the painful reality that we have been living beyond our means.

John Redwood

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While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women.

Stephen Hawking

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Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

Robin Cousins

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I've found that people who design computers don't know a lot about displays.

Mary Lou Jepsen

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They say that shadows of deceased ghosts Do haunt the houses and the graves about, Of such whose life's lamp went untimely out, Delighting still in their forsaken hosts.

Joshua Sylvester

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I try not to put myself in horrible situations anymore.

Jason Pierre-Paul

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Final Destination was the closest thing I've done to a teen movie but it certainly had an edge to it.

Devon Sawa

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I am a forthright defender of the right to bear arms - which is guaranteed not only by the U.S. Constitution, but by the Constitution of Arizona.

Doug Ducey

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