Mail Quotes - Page 3

• You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.

  James Lee Burke

  Home, Writing, Submission

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• At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler

  Dennis Ritchie

  Writing, People, Advice

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• I love receiving fan mail.

  Lara Flynn Boyle

  Receiving, Fans, Fan Mail

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• The odd thing about this form of communication is you're more likely to talk about nothing than something. But I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many... somethings. So, thanks.

  Nora Ephron

  Communication, Odd Things, Want

  "Fictional character: Kathleen Kelly". "You've Got Mail", www.imdb.com. 1998.

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• Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life - well, valuable, but small - and sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around? I don't really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void. - You've Got Mail

  Nora Ephron

  Good Night, Book, Brave

  FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Jul 05, 2013

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• Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address. On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms.

  Tom Hanks

  New York, Fall, School

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• Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.

  Nora Ephron

  New York, Fall, School

  FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Oct 25, 2012

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• When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.

  Meg Ryan

  Children, Book, Reading

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• So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around?

  Nora Ephron

  Book, Way, Small Life

  FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Jan 02, 2012

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• Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today, I saw one. It got on at 42nd, and off at 59th, where, I assume it was going to Bloomingdales to buy a hat that will turn out to be a mistake - as almost all hats are.

  Miklos Laszlo

  Mistake, Butterfly, Saws

  "Fictional character: Kathleen Kelly". "You've Got Mail", www.imdb.com. 1998.

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• When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail

  William Westmoreland

  Vietnam, Care, Medical

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• My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig.

  Steve Buscemi

  Humorous, Mean, Profound

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!

  Cassandra Wilson

  Mother, Father, Order

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• I guess I'm not that aware of such a big fan base. I have a few core people who write me no matter what I'm doing, but I hardly have sacks of mail being dropped on my door!

  Julie Bowen

  Writing, Doors, People

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• Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

  Tom Sizemore

  Fans, Britain, Great Britain

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• I still get so much fan mail addressed to Carol Brady, and I think a lot of it's through the Net. And I always answer it, if it's legible.

  Florence Henderson

  Thinking, Fans, Answers

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• I would say 90 percent of my mail and phone calls are from people who want some kind of help or succor or commitment from me to do something.

  Peter Coyote

  Commitment, Phones, People

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• You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter.

  Judith Martin

  Real, Giving, Attention

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• That's my dream job, to be able to mail songs out to people who want to hear them. Paste my face on them and not travel all over the world trying to sell them.

  Kristin Hersh

  Dream, Song, Travel

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• E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it.

  Tom Hanks

  Phones, Introvert, Get Away

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• I refuse to this day to do e-mail because everybody I know that does it, it takes another two or three hours a day. I don't want to give two or three more hours away.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Two, Giving, Doe

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• There's so much stuff said about me that's not true, so now if something is hurtful and wrong, I send an e-mail or letter immediately, saying, This is not true.

  Tracey Emin

  Hurtful, Letters, Stuff

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• The people who send us fan mail written in blood say the nicest things, so it doesn't freak us out too much.

  Davey Havok

  Blood, People, Fans

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• One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.

  Joseph Epstein

  Order, Giving, Letters

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• The dog is very smart. He feels sorry for me because I receive so much mail; that's why he tries to bite the mailman.

  Albert Einstein

  Funny, Dog, Sorry

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.415, Princeton University Press

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