Bobbie Ann Mason Quotes

Writing a novel about World War II and the French Resistance was a challenge both sobering and thrilling.

Bobbie Ann Mason

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I started doing musicals, but the acting bug bit when I did a four-week Shakespeare workshop.

Jessie Buckley

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I have a lot of really good handlers.

Jessica Simpson

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For dinner parties, I love making an easy cioppino using shrimp, mussels, clams, and a hearty fish that won't fall apart easily.

Meghan Markle

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Biblical names are hot again.

Anita Diament

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You ask people what their ethnicity is, and a lot of Scots-Irish people either don't know or if they know it they just don't acknowledge it. It's not something they really identify with. They're just plain old Americans, plain vanilla. I don't think they are a self-conscious voting bloc.

John Shelton Reed

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We are not against religions. This country is the cradle of prophecy and the true message and we will not contradict this.

Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

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Once I had my son, I stopped shopping in stores because it's not an easy process to try on clothes - and I'm not an impulsive buyer. I need to do the dance in front of the mirror, the whole nine yards.

Solange Knowles

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If you're funny, if there's something that makes you laugh, then every day's going to be okay.

Tom Hanks

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I think a lot of writing, or a lot of young writers, especially, hold themselves back unnecessarily because they're so upset about the idea that they might be sentimental or so concerned about being criticized that way or even being that way that they just shy away from any strong expression or emotion.

Mary Gaitskill

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I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in and get a higher profile because of that. I like to think that as long as you continue choosing diverse roles, you can avoid becoming predictable.

Christian Bale

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I have a lot of fans who are in the prison system, where ramen noodles are a kind of staple. Prisoners are always sending me recipes.

Chuck Palahniuk

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I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.

Anne Rice

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