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Maria Semple Quotes

In my high-minded and naive way, I believed the only books worth reading were the classics.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 21, 1964

Topics

Reading Worth Way Naive Classics

In terms of rock and roll, I'm often drawn to louder, rougher stuff; maybe that's my history as a punk rock wannabee showing itself! Honestly, though, I'm not one of those people who listens to music constantly. I really love silence.

Love Music History Silence People

I think that a church should be setting the pace for social justice.

Justice Think Church Social Justice

People are born with the ability to make judgments. And they can't help but use the information they have to divine something about the world they're in. Making categorical judgments, in large, helps our society.

People World Society Help Born

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.

Alone Culture People Saying Black

Working out is my way of saying to cancer, 'You're trying to invade my body; you're trying to take me away from my daughters, but I'm stronger than you. And I'm going to hit harder than you.'

Me Saying Trying Stronger You Body

F.D.R. had an economic crisis of unprecedented proportions in 1933 when he drove 15 major bills through the Congress, and super majorities in the House and the Senate in 1935 when he won passage of Social Security.

House Security Congress Crisis Bills

The Beatles were something everyone had in common; this was thirty years ago, there was Dr. Who and everybody knew who the Daleks were and there was The Beatles and everybody knew who George Harrison was.

Robyn Hitchcock

Thirty Everyone Years Something Knew

You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard.

Roy Lichtenstein

Music People World Think Reality

I will go through these style phases. I think it's confusing in some ways. People like bands to be really consistent.

Style People Think Go Will Through

I was very much a late bloomer. That's not to say that girls didn't express interest in me from time to time, but I just, I did not know how to respond to that.

Time Me Late Know Say Respond

I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

Against Players Played Were Aaron

For the first five years of music and first five years of acting, I don't remember it because I was running to where I was going. Finally I was like, 'Man, I missed everything.' So I just stopped, and I started looking around.

Music Man Looking Remember Acting

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