Maria Semple Quotes

When you become a parent, that's a whole new level of life intruding. Nobody tells you how boring and time-sucking it's going to be! Or how the responsibility feels like an airbag going off in your life.

Maria Semple

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I was never in the closet as an actor. It never occurred to me that my sexuality was something to be ashamed of.

Joe Mantello

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Before moving to Pennsylvania in 1999, I played bass in a newsroom rock band in South Florida for several years.

John Grogan

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We as humans are so imperfect. We are always looking for something more and always going astray from Jesus. Whether you believe in him or not, but he is always there with open arms. God never abandons you. He is always waiting for you to come back and when you do, you won't be scolded - you will be embraced.

Matty Mullins

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My main priorities were to fight for Britain. Not a lot of Asians get selected for this country at anything, and it's a great achievement.

Amir Khan

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I was born with the genetic condition called 'achondroplasia,' which I inherited from my dad: my mam is average height, and my dad is also a little person. I am the oldest of five children, and I am the only one who is a little person.

Sinead Burke

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There has always been something about the biggest, the wealthiest, the best-known, the most prestigious that has appealed to me. It's always seemed to me that that is what people want to know about.

Robin Leach

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Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end.

Mason Cooley

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Dealing with Greece's problems will be more difficult if Greece is not a member of the eurozone.

Lucas Papademos

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The happiest moment in my life? When my doctor told me I was completely cured of leukemia.

Jose Carreras

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I remember telling my mom, 'Mom, I'm gay, but I'm not going to march in a parade or anything.' That's what I was telling my parents and all my friends and everything. I'm gay, but I'm not going to be on a float or something. Cut to five years later, and I was the grand marshal of the gay pride parade.

Jonathan Groff

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I believe we can and should have it all. Lower deficits but higher spending. More peace with a bigger military that goes off and kills terrorists and whatnot. A cleaner environment without forcing SUVs off the road.

Craig Armstrong

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Since I was a kid, I liked construction.

Ciputra

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