Ethan Canin Quotes
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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A reviewer once commented that my urban fantasy novels were paced more like epic fantasy, in that they relied on complex world-building and a gradual immersion in the lives of the characters.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes.
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Happiness needs one-upmanship.
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'You know Adam?' Teddy asked him.'Do I know who?''Adam. In the Bible.'Nicholson smiled. 'Not personally,' he said dryly.
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If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?
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I have never ever argued about billings because I don’t think that they mean anything.
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Who shall count up the evil brood that is born from power - the pitiful fear, the madness, the despair, the overpowering craving for revenge, the treachery, the unmeasured cruelty?
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Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty.
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I loved 'Homeland' - it's such an intriguing, intelligent piece of television, and I am fascinated by them making a hero and heroine that are so odd, so flawed and so complicated. It is a programme that really draws you in.
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It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.
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To me, I've played full seasons and had success. Mentally, I've been through it before. I'm not incapable of going through this.
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We live in the public eye, so if one of us makes a mistake, it affects everyone, which makes me think about what I'm doing in life more.
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Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.
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Iraqis will never forget that on 8 August 1990 Kuwait became part of Iraq legally, constitutionally and actually. It continued to do so until last night, when withdrawal began.
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What the event will be like, being part of the Olympics and being in London, is too much to think about. You've no control over those things, so in a way, it's wasted energy to think of them.
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Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody that you will never know.
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But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem.
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I'm fascinated by power, by those that can be publicly generous and privately ruthless.