Mona Simpson Quotes

I suppose 'My Hollywood' is only as politically meaningful as it is deeply inside the least powerful of its characters. I wanted it to reveal scenes of subtle exploitation, odd instances of accidental power and challenges to decency specific to its time, but also impulses of generosity that transcend our particular era's messes.

Mona Simpson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 14, 1957

Topics

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The best thing about animated-feature people is that they are very laid-back people. You feel like you're showing up for a backyard barbecue.

Jennifer Coolidge

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Some people who've read my story think I had a terrible childhood and that I was neglected or even abused, while others feel that my parents, while certainly flawed, also had truly wonderful qualities. And that's the way it should be, because in real life two people can look at the same president and one will see a hero and the other a villain.

Jeannette Walls

LifeHeroChildhoodParentsPeople

I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.

Tommy Shaw

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Being eternally known as Bond has no downside.

Roger Moore

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We must preserve our planet and grow our economy simultaneously. We cannot become more prosperous without the living systems upon which our prosperity depends.

Martin O'Malley

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It's nauseating for me when I feel like I'm not growing or challenging myself.

Lucas Hedges

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There's a fraudulent root element of comedy in that we say things night after night as though they are rolling effortlessly from the brain and off the tongue, when in fact they are crafted over weeks and months and years.

Doug Stanhope

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People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.

David Walliams

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I had the surgery, and it was removed, and I don't have any diverticulitis in me. It's gone. It has taken a number of years to feel good again.

Brock Lesnar

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Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book.

Brooks Robinson

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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

Plato

LifeEducationFutureManDirection

I'm a therapist and that fascinates people because they think I carry secrets.

Susie Orbach

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