"I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name and apparently that's the key to the whole thing right there. I go in every few weeks and guess."

-- Paula Poundstone

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“Being exaltingly thin was, of course, the foundation for the visibility, the man, the adornments of this life-to-be; it was the prerequisite that made the rest of the dream possible. And since no matter how thin I got, I was frightened that I could wake up tomorrow and be fat again, the rest of the dream was forever ten or twenty pounds away.”
“Most people view female directors as female only, that we only deal with women's issues and women characters. Although most of my films have dealt with women, I do have work that deals with other matters, and I'm always open to different stories regardless of gender.”
“Never use two words when one will do.”
“A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.”
“What the market is doing is going through a correction, which it really needed. It's getting down to where it's reasonable.”
“I don't tear down. I prefer to build up.”
“I think it's kind of crazy that we're still calling comedians "female comedians." That seems more like a sneak attack.”
“A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.”

Source : Thomas a Kempis, Aeterna Press (1941*). “The Following of Christ”, p.78, Aeterna Press

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