Margot Lee Shetterly Quotes

I want to keep telling stories of ordinary people.

Margot Lee Shetterly

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I always wanted to be a painter. I loved painting. I went on three different art courses but had no talent whatsoever.

John Burnside

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Life is about growth and exploration, not achieving a fixed state of balance. You have a very limited time on earth to experience all that you can. Figuring out how to squeeze the most out of your family, work, and spirituality is your life's purpose. Go do it.

Mel Robbins

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I can't watch shows like 'The X Factor,' for instance. I just squirm for the people involved, for the way they're being used. It's the cruellest, most ridiculous show on television. It's ruined music, ruined everything.

John Simm

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I was at an all-girls' school, so there were a lot of us who were really awkward. I was this tall when I was 11, so I was really awkward and self-conscious. No one would really have wanted to be mean to me. I was too unimportant.

Sigourney Weaver

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And initially, a lot of companies avoid trying to make a really radical new kind of title for a new system, because that would involve learning a new machine and learning how to make the new title at the same time.

Trip Hawkins

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The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress is going to stand in the way of science and preclude scientists from doing lifesaving research.

Rosa DeLauro

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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.

Mike Tyson

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My red line is Iran may not have a nuclear weapon. It is inappropriate for them to have the capacity to terrorize the world. Iran with a nuclear weapon or with fissile material that can be given to Hezbollah or Hamas or others has the potential of not just destabilizing the Middle East.

Mitt Romney

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I heard during our label-searching that some labels hire statisticians instead of A&R people. They'll reach out to the bands that will statistically perform best monetarily instead of going out to shows and having an opinion on which music is good or bad.

Lucy Dacus

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If I was coming into the business today, I wouldn't be in it. Knowing what I know, absolutely not.

Jason Patric

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In my 20s, I railed against anything 'spiritual'; I thought it was all crap.

Alice Sebold

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You should always be questioning your government, but do not become cynical.

Pete Visclosky

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