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Mona Simpson Quotes

In my 30s, I wrote in the back house of a ramshackle Spanish Revival we rented across from the ocean in the Santa Monica Canyon. I wrote thousands of pages there, but in order to see another adult human being, I had to steal out through the brambly side of the house, along the driveway down to the street.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Ocean Back House Down Street See

At one time, we were asked to play your own man; you're responsible for your own man. And, if you were good enough and kind of a ball hawk, you helped everyone else. Now it's really much more of a team concept defensively than it was when we played.

Good Time Man Team Enough You

I've got five grandkids. They play baseball, they play football, they play basketball. I go to all the games. You always have that urge to say something when you're watching them. But I've learned to keep it to myself. I've blurted out some things and embarrassed myself.

Myself Football Baseball Basketball

I was forever reading outside of the field as well as in it.

Robert Sheckley

Reading Outside Forever Well Field

After doing 'Pitch Perfect,' I didn't expect to do other musicals, but then I was offered 'The Last Five Years' and 'Into the Woods,' which are two of the greatest pieces of theater that I can think of. So obviously I wasn't going to be like, 'Oh I'm trying to really stay away from musicals right now, so thanks, but I'll pass.'

Woods Think Doing Trying Perfect

When everything is coming your way, you're probably in the wrong lane.

You Wrong Way Lane Everything Your

Obviously a primary liberal conviction is that we should be tolerant of other peoples' convictions. But if we believe in something, we had better find ways to say so convincingly.

Believe Better Find Say Conviction

Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do.

Jump Desire Want Way More Never

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Nature Human Nature You Human Your

If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.

Education Knowledge Children Value

I have many aspects of my game I need to improve, and that's what I am focusing on. I prefer not to say what they are in public - for me, it's a secret, and I just want to work hard.

Anthony Martial

Work I Am Me Work Hard Game Want

I think the obvious answer is I was raised in New York City, so growing up, not only myself but my family, like my father, we would watch a lot of Scorsese films.

Anthony Michael Hall

Family Father Myself New York City

It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought.

Childhood Thought Possible Resolve

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