Marlo Thomas Quotes

When I look back at those pictures of my mother performing - and listen to her recordings - it makes me sad to think that all of that joy she found in her work came to an end. I wish she hadn't had to make that sacrifice, even if it was for the benefit of my father and siblings and me.

Marlo Thomas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 21, 1937

Topics

WorkFatherMotherSadJoyMe

If you tell a kid, 'You've got to pick music or Instagram,' they're not picking music.

Jimmy Iovine

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There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer there, doing health and education work when I was younger and living in Egypt.

Jehane Noujaim

WorkEducationLiveHealthDoing

The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people were first made, our deepest longing was to know and be known. And after the Fall, when we all got weird, it's still our deepest longing - but it's now also our deepest fear.

John Ortberg

LifeFearPeopleDeepWeirdFall

In many respects, you can argue Dodd-Frank isn't even law. It's a license for unaccountable, un-elected officials to make law.

Jeb Hensarling

LawYouMakeLicenseArgueEven

I love animals; I've always loved animals. It's how I identified myself for so long, but I didn't know that in so many ways, I was living my life not in alignment with that. And once I learned about those ways I could be loving animals better, I made those changes, which made me happier and had me living a life that had me contributing.

Rory Freedman

LifeLoveMyselfMeLovedBetter

Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies.

Michael Schudson

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Mythology is like a game of Chinese Whispers. What goes in at one end of the human circle is rarely what emerges at the other end.

Ashwin Sanghi

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God's interventions are miracles: events that cannot happen by merely natural agents but only by a supernatural agent. They no more interfere with our free will than natural events like earthquakes. We choose how to respond to them.

Peter Kreeft

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I would obviously like to have been arriving in Valencia with the title still up for grabs, let's not kid ourselves, but even though Valentino has won, the season is not over for me.

Sete Gibernau

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We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!

Richard Curtis

MaskTargetNowWhyMailOpen

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets.

Lysander Spooner

MoneyMenPoliticsPoliticalLiberty

We're a very close family, and we've always been supportive of one another. But it's definitely easier to be happy for the other person's acting success when you're doing okay yourself. Ultimately, when you're all in the same competitive industry, it can be more hurtful to see the other succeed if you're not doing as well.

Gustaf Skarsgard

FamilySuccessYourselfHappyDoing

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