Mary Gaitskill Quotes

Something like riding a horse - which I've recently started doing - requires courage, especially for me, as I started out being actually scared of horses.

Mary Gaitskill

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I sat down with a yellow legal pad and began writing 'A Time to Kill.' Had no idea what I was doing. It became, over a period of several years, a secret little hobby nobody knew about except my wife, because she was reading chapter by chapter.

John Grisham

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I wrote that song for my wife, and it's what some guy who's sitting under a tree would be singing to the woman of his life, telling her how wonderful she is. To me, that's more lasting than something that sounds like it belongs on a movie soundtrack.

John Fogerty

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Just by nature, I think in comedy. I think in sketches and what have you. In every drama or action movie I've been in, I have to make a concerted effort not to turn it into a comedy. Every shot, before action is called and after cut is called, I'm usually in some goofy head space. It feels natural to me.

Michael Jai White

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I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial.

Jean O'Leary

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Narcissists - people with an inflated self-concept and a strong sense of uniqueness and superiority - seek attention and affirmation on Facebook.

Amy Morin

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Even in high school, music was just a really fun thing on the side. I don't think I grasped the fact that it could be a profession.

Sigrid

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I'm not up in the front office or anything; I just control what I can control: playin' ball and playin' the best I can play.

Rob Gronkowski

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The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences.

Louis Pasteur

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I love travelling. I love cultures.

Joseph Fiennes

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People don't look at you singing. They go within themselves and listen. Music is about listening, not looking. That's why I wore these huge baggy dresses on stage with The Cranberries.

Dolores O'Riordan

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The media dresses things up. There's a lot of inaccuracy.

Chuck Berry

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If you flee from the things you fear, there's no resolution.

Chuck Palahniuk

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