Mary McDonnell Quotes

We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.

Mary McDonnell

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BeautyMomentPresentBackAlive

You can't think 'Dole' without thinking 'Bob Dole' and cartoons and third-person good times. He was one of those politicians: the kind you jabbed but were happy enough to have around.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

GoodHappyGood TimesThinkThinking

I was trying to make art that my son could look on in the future and would realize I was thinking about him very much during these times... that he can look and see my dad's thinking about me, but to also embed in these things something that is bigger than all of us.

Jeff Koons

FutureSonArtMeThinkingLook

As for how do I respond to those who want to throw stones, well, I don't.

Amy Purdy

WantRespondStonesWellThrowWho

Late-term abortions are unconscionable.

Stephen Fincher

Unconscionable

Writing fiction is very different to writing non-fiction. I love writing novels, but on history books, like my biographies of Stalin or Catherine the Great or Jerusalem, I spend endless hours doing vast amounts of research. But it ends up being based on the same principle as all writing about people: and that is curiosity!

Simon Sebag Montefiore

LoveHistoryGreatPeopleResearch

I was smart and married somebody who could do for me what I couldn't do for myself.

Rob Lowe

MyselfSmartMeSomebodyWhoCould

I usually sleep ten to eight hours per night. I sometimes also have a nap in the afternoon.

Romain Grosjean

SleepNightSometimesNapAfternoon

Nobody ever dared with Frank, because he had such mood swings, and you never knew how he was going to react. But I could tell the minute I saw him that he was going to be in my corner.

Don Rickles

YouNobodyMoodReactNeverHim

In the late 1950s, the woman's place in society was second-class.

Annaleigh Ashford

WomanSocietyLatePlace1950s

What we want in students is creativity and a willingness to fail. I always say to students, 'If you've never at some point stayed up all night talking to your new boyfriend about the meaning of life instead of preparing for the test, then you're not really an intellectual.'

Alison Gopnik

LifeCreativityNightTalkingYou

I've stopped watching TV news. They couldn't pay me enough money.

Peter Diamandis

MoneyMeEnoughNewsWatchingPay

We may not realize it, but a crucial step in building a healthy economy is helping people move from welfare to work.

Todd Young

WorkStepPeopleBuildingHealthy

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