Michael Malone Quotes
Michael Malone delivers blunt, thoughtful reflections on faith, comedy and American taboos, drawing readers who like probing cultural critiques.
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I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure.
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There is nothing more profoundly serious than real comedy, which is an affirmation of human communion, redemption and grace.
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As Gloria Steinem said about Ginger Rogers: She was doing everything Fred Astaire was doing, just doing it backwards in high heels. Well, Southern women are doing and enduring what other women have to do and endure, but (at least until recently) they had to do it in heels and hats and white gloves and makeup and a sweet smile, with maybe a glass of bourbon and a cigarette to get them through the magnolia part of being a steel magnolia.
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It's especially important since September 11 for people to be trained for the unexpected. We want to try to make sure people are safe.
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Outsiders think of Silicon Valley as a success story, but in truth, it is a graveyard. Failure.. is Silicon Valley's greatest strength. Every failed product or enterprise is a lesson stored in the collective memory of the country. We not only don't stigmatize failure, sometime we even admire it. Venture Capitalists actually like to see a little failure in the resumes of entrepreneurs.
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“Time is so terribly inconsistent, I find, the way it hurries on or stands still.”
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“And the light kept darkness away until the Morning Star came and found it burning”
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You don't need great skill to be a tough rebounder; being a rebounder is all about effort, determination, and physicality
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“So entangled are we in our own designs that the concurrent and often conflicting plots of our families, friends, and enemies may come to us as surprises suddenly unraveled or traps suddenly sprung... If no one can see into another's heart, it is probably because no one comes close enough, or stays long enough, or listens loud enough over the thump of their own, to see and hear.”
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“Ernest Ransom: These are not the best if times...as your editorials remind us A.A. Hayes : Why not get a Democrat back in there? Ernest Ransom: These are not the worst of times eithers Dingley Falls”