Mona Simpson Quotes

I felt like any other American kid. I already worked at a steady job as an ice cream scooper, but I didn't feel less in any way than my more affluent friends from school.

Mona Simpson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I had a great grandmother who believed in so many strange superstitions. She used to tell the future from the things that catch on to the hem of your skirt when you've been sewing, and different colored threads would mean different things... Of course, all that influenced me quite a lot as a child.

Joanne Harris

FutureGreatChildMeYouStrange

The goal was to work enough to pay my bills and stop going through the couch looking for change. Going way beyond that isn't something I really factored in.

Melissa McCarthy

WorkChangeLookingEnoughGoalWay

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.

Andre Malraux

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American greatness can be further unlocked if opportunity is expanded to all people within its borders.

Matthew Desmond

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The kind of work you do, when you do it, how much of it there is, and who you delegate it to are often the cause of the quasi-schizophrenic behavior seen in many business owners and entrepreneurs.

Michael Gerber

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I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.

Steve Irwin

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The thing about being a dancer-turned-actor is that you know what hard work is.

Sonoya Mizuno

WorkHard WorkYouKnowHardBeing

My grandmother told me a long time ago, 'I don't care if you're sweeping a porch for a living.' She said, 'You need to do your best.' So I've lived by that every single day.

Tori Bowie

TimeBestDayDo Your BestMeCare

The key word about The West Wing is show. It is not a reality show. It has nothing to do with reality.

Martin Sheen

KeyRealityNothingWestShowWord

I don't know where I'm really going to cha cha, but hopefully I can find a place.

Shawn Johnson

FindI CanPlaceKnowWhereGoing

I've been working with them for a couple years and a couple of projects. Essentially Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is the chief litigator for this corporation, this Alliance, and their job is to prosecute corporate polluters of the great bodies of water in North America.

Richard Dean Anderson

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For me, acting was a reward. I had to get good grades in order to act, in order to be on TV. I had to do well in school so I could work. To me, it was like an after-school activity, something to look forward to.

Kyla Pratt

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