Mary Roach Quotes

Follow your instincts. Do the kind of writing you love to do and do best. 'Stiff' was an oddball book - I mean, a funny book about cadavers? - and I worried that it would be too unconventional. In the end, that's what has made it a success, I think.

Mary Roach

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1959

Topics

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The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat.

Joe Henderson

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I don't believe in a particular god, but I believe in the unknown. I believe that there's something bigger than us.

Jenova Chen

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When I was in high school in the '50s you were supposed to be an Elvis Presley, a James Dean, a Marlon Brando or a Kingston Trio type in a button-down shirt headed for the fraternities at Stanford or Cal.

Robert Hass

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It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.

Tony Curtis

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One of the nice things about licensing music to movies or advertisements is you can reach a lot of people who normally wouldn't hear music.

Moby

MusicPeopleReachYouNiceMovies

It's always interesting when people don't know who you are.

Loretta Lynch

PeopleInterestingYouKnowAlways

I think I've been able to find happiness, and I've learned to love myself. That's a huge accomplishment for anyone, learning to love yourself.

Jazz Jennings

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My earliest memory is my mom picking me up after I had fallen down, giving me a big hug and reading me 'Goodnight Moon.' From that moment, to this one, every single memory I have of my mom is that regardless of what was happening in her life, she was always, always there for me.

Chelsea Clinton

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I believe in the greatness of our people.

Chen Shui-bian

GreatnessPeopleBelieveI Believe

I'm somebody who tries to remain positive and looks forward to setting goals and reaching them. But that's easier said than done.

CM Punk

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Don't worry what people say or what people think. Be yourself.

Brett Hull

YourselfPeopleBe YourselfThink

It is necessary for him who would endure existence with patience that he should conceive himself to be something - that he should be persuaded he is not a cipher in the muster-roll of man.

William Godwin

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