Maria Monk Quotes

We were kept at work, and permitted to speak with each other only on such subjects as related to the Convent, and all in the hearing of the old nuns who sat by us.

Maria Monk

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Much good art got made while money ruled; I like a lot of it, and hardship and poverty aren't virtues. The good news is that, since almost no one will be selling art, artists - especially emerging ones - won't have to think about turning out a consistent style or creating a brand. They'll be able to experiment as much as they want.

Jerry Saltz

GoodStyleArtMoneyThinkBrand

America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances.

Meryl Streep

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Boxing's not in my blood... it just grew on me.

Sonny Bill Williams

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I've been doing a late-night talk show out here in New Mexico now, 'The After After Party.' We're going to finalize a deal to be in 50 million homes. How blessed can I be, man?

Steven Michael Quezada

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Believe it or not, some Western analysts in the 1930s insisted that Stalin was a 'moderate,' controlled by extremists like the secret police chief Nikolai Yezhov.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

PoliceBelieveSecret1930sChief

I think sport in general affects what people see in movies. I always try to explain to people in Hollywood that we have to make movies more like sport because, in sport, everything can happen and it's so much better than movies in some ways.

Roland Emmerich

PeopleThinkBetterMoviesHollywood

We have not learned the lessons of 9/11. This wrongful suspicion, racial hatred, and profiling is what I keep seeing.

Mira Nair

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In the '80s, we were living in the U.S.S.R., where anti-Semitism was a deeply ingrained part of the culture. Being a Jewish person in the Soviet Union was not easy. Not that I remember any of that - I was barely old enough to chew back then - but for my parents, both Uzbekistan-born Jews, life was a struggle.

Milana Vayntrub

LifeCultureStruggleParentsEnough

I'm just basically telling a story of my life.

Jose Canseco

LifeStoryMy LifeJustTelling

Advanced nation-states are now using cyber power for unrestricted economic warfare and national security-motivated espionage, as well as a force multiplier and signaling instrument in conflicts.

Dmitri Alperovitch

PowerNowCyberForceEconomicWell

There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry.

Donald G. Mitchell

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I felt more comfortable in TV than in the film world where the players were more erudite and intellectual.

Dawn Steel

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