Mary Karr Quotes

Both my parents were agnostic. My mother was kind of a Buddhist. She had some spiritual tendencies, but they were kind of flaky - New Agey, you know? Which is partly why I'm suspicious of that sort of thing. I'm skeptical of any spiritual practice that doesn't involve other people and doesn't involve some sort of consistent tradition.

Mary Karr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 16, 1955

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In 1970 I realized that there was negligible risk from x-rays but many radiographs had poor image quality so that the risk from a false negative was significant.

John Cameron

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There's a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps. What's the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it's exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That's really cool. That's the biggest signifier of closing the gaps.

Matthew McConaughey

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When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.

John Wooden

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I'm a relatively unfocused person.

Michael Korda

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Every country has the right to nuclear technology as long as they use it safely, peacefully and in a secure way.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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I don't really write songs. They're just there anyway, chiseling away at the atmosphere, and suddenly they're like, 'Oh, thanks for coming. Thanks for finding me. We'll share each other now.'

Johnny Flynn

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Keep the faith, keep the faith, keep working.

Deb Fischer

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There was a time when I felt I should do everything that was offered to me, you know, ride the wave.

Christian Slater

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It's really important how you say things because people won't necessarily remember what words you used, but they'll remember how you made them feel.

Brian McDermott

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I seem to be able to get along with anybody when I work because I really enjoy being there.

Bobby Cannavale

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All the knowing ones were consulted as to the issue, and they all agreed, to a man, in one of two opinions: either that Bob would flog Billy, or Billy would flog Bob.

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

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We have to keep pace with changing times.

Ali Fazal

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