Maria Semple Quotes

I just feel like there's this illicit thrill in reading other people's mail and spying on their lives.

Maria Semple

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Also, differences of opinion can be creatively stimulating as well as frustrating.

Jim Coleman

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The worst thing about being in the public eye is that journalists write things that you can't control.

Jodie Whittaker

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'Southcliffe' is an anthem to ordinary people's ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness.

Joe Dempsie

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I like very much to do movies.

John Malkovich

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I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you.

Roy Orbison

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Thinking about the cold weather in England... Don't be afraid to rock the David Niven look.

Mike D

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We want to have a life outside of Pearl Jam, too.

Mike McCready

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I'd love to do a book with scratch n' sniff pages and pieces of string and plastic attached to the pages, you know?

Lisa Hanawalt

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I have always been a huge fan of Ridley Scott and certainly when I was a kid. 'Alien', 'Blade Runner' just blew me away because they created these extraordinary worlds that were just completely immersive. I was also an enormous Stanley Kubrick fan for similar reasons.

Christopher Nolan

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I consider myself a rampant feminist.

Cindy Gallop

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The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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I love the Smothers Brothers.

Brad Paisley

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