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Nora Ephron Quotes

Black makes your life so much simpler. Everything matches black, especially black Picture Quote #1

I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are Picture Quote #1

As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date Picture Quote #1

Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own Picture Quote #1

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next Picture Quote #1

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you Picture Quote #1

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The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again Picture Quote #1

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the child's problems will never be important enough for a television movie Picture Quote #1

I’ve just surfaced from spending several days in a state of rapture: I was reading a book... I felt alive and engaged and positively brilliant, bursting with ideas, brimming with memories of other books I’ve loved Picture Quote #1

We weren’t meant to have futures, we were meant to marry them. We weren’t meant to have politics, or careers that mattered, or opinions, or lives; we were meant to marry them. If you wanted to be an architect, you married an architect Picture Quote #1

No man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her. Sex is always out there. Friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story Picture Quote #1

Let’s face it: part of being a grownup is that every day you have to choose between going out at night or staying home, and it is one of life’s unhappy truths that there is not enough time to do both Picture Quote #1

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In a socialist country you can get rich by providing necessities, while in a capitalist country you can get rich by providing luxuries Picture Quote #1

American society has a remarkable ability to resist change, or to take whatever change has taken place and attempt to make it go away Picture Quote #1

Some people pretend to like capers, but the truth is that any dish that tastes good with capers in it tastes even better with capers not in it Picture Quote #1

Food became, for dinner parties in the sixties, what abstract expressionism had been in the fifties Picture Quote #1

You don’t really have to believe what you write in a blog for more than the moment when you’re writing it. You don’t bring the same solemnity that you would bring to an actual essay Picture Quote #1

I think if you’re lucky enough to find a voice in whatever you do, that voice will come sneaking out no matter what Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always felt that one of the mistakes people make is that they try to do something that is just slightly beyond their skill set, and then feel they’ve failed Picture Quote #1

The only way to learn is to keep doing something new, and, if you’re lucky, learning with people who really know how to do it Picture Quote #1

My closet is full of sad little scripts that didn’t get made that have sad endings. It’s very hard to get a movie made that has a sad ending Picture Quote #1

I definitely divide my life into decades. Almost every ten years, something in my work life has changed. My twenties were my journalistic phase, then there was my screenwriting phase, then I became a director, then I started doing some plays Picture Quote #1

It’s always a shock to the people who run studios when a movie that is for women is a hit. They have an infinite capacity to be shocked Picture Quote #1

Having been married so many times, I know that one of the few things I am an expert in is falling in love Picture Quote #1

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Plastic surgery is one of the ways that people deal with the aging process. And I don’t mean by using it as a form of denial, but as a kind of negotiation with it Picture Quote #1

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive Picture Quote #1

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy Picture Quote #1

What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don’t know. It is a great mystery to all of us Picture Quote #1

Lesbianism has always seemed to me an extremely inventive response to a shortage of men, but otherwise not worth the trouble Picture Quote #1

When you have a baby, you set off an explosion in your marriage, and when the dust settles, your marriage is different from what it was. Not better, necessarily; not worse, necessarily; but different Picture Quote #1

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Black makes your life so much simpler. Everything matches black, especially black (Nora Ephron Quotes) I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are (Nora Ephron Quotes) As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date (Nora Ephron Quotes) Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own (Nora Ephron Quotes) My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next (Nora Ephron Quotes) My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you (Nora Ephron Quotes) The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again (Nora Ephron Quotes) With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the child's problems will never be important enough for a television movie (Nora Ephron Quotes) I’ve just surfaced from spending several days in a state of rapture: I was reading a book... I felt alive and engaged and positively brilliant, bursting with ideas, brimming with memories of other books I’ve loved (Nora Ephron Quotes) We weren’t meant to have futures, we were meant to marry them. We weren’t meant to have politics, or careers that mattered, or opinions, or lives; we were meant to marry them. If you wanted to be an architect, you married an architect (Nora Ephron Quotes) No man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her. Sex is always out there. Friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story (Nora Ephron Quotes) Let’s face it: part of being a grownup is that every day you have to choose between going out at night or staying home, and it is one of life’s unhappy truths that there is not enough time to do both (Nora Ephron Quotes) In a socialist country you can get rich by providing necessities, while in a capitalist country you can get rich by providing luxuries (Nora Ephron Quotes) American society has a remarkable ability to resist change, or to take whatever change has taken place and attempt to make it go away (Nora Ephron Quotes) Some people pretend to like capers, but the truth is that any dish that tastes good with capers in it tastes even better with capers not in it (Nora Ephron Quotes) Food became, for dinner parties in the sixties, what abstract expressionism had been in the fifties (Nora Ephron Quotes) You don’t really have to believe what you write in a blog for more than the moment when you’re writing it. You don’t bring the same solemnity that you would bring to an actual essay (Nora Ephron Quotes) I think if you’re lucky enough to find a voice in whatever you do, that voice will come sneaking out no matter what (Nora Ephron Quotes) I’ve always felt that one of the mistakes people make is that they try to do something that is just slightly beyond their skill set, and then feel they’ve failed (Nora Ephron Quotes) The only way to learn is to keep doing something new, and, if you’re lucky, learning with people who really know how to do it (Nora Ephron Quotes) My closet is full of sad little scripts that didn’t get made that have sad endings. It’s very hard to get a movie made that has a sad ending (Nora Ephron Quotes) I definitely divide my life into decades. Almost every ten years, something in my work life has changed. My twenties were my journalistic phase, then there was my screenwriting phase, then I became a director, then I started doing some plays (Nora Ephron Quotes) It’s always a shock to the people who run studios when a movie that is for women is a hit. They have an infinite capacity to be shocked (Nora Ephron Quotes) Having been married so many times, I know that one of the few things I am an expert in is falling in love (Nora Ephron Quotes) Plastic surgery is one of the ways that people deal with the aging process. And I don’t mean by using it as a form of denial, but as a kind of negotiation with it (Nora Ephron Quotes) I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive (Nora Ephron Quotes) Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy (Nora Ephron Quotes) What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don’t know. It is a great mystery to all of us (Nora Ephron Quotes) Lesbianism has always seemed to me an extremely inventive response to a shortage of men, but otherwise not worth the trouble (Nora Ephron Quotes) When you have a baby, you set off an explosion in your marriage, and when the dust settles, your marriage is different from what it was. Not better, necessarily; not worse, necessarily; but different (Nora Ephron Quotes)

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