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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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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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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One of the things I love about writing is the way you can use what you know and what you've experienced, without actually writing about yourself. I've given many of my experiences and perceptions to many of the characters in the book, but none of them is me.
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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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'Veep' is definitely one of my favorite TV shows, and not because I'm in it. It's just such a great show, and the fact that I'm on it is crazy to me because I love it so much.
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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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Here's a sigh to those who love me,And a smile to those who hate:And, whatever sky's above me,Here's a heart for every fate.
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Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty.
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After 14 years, it better be a real marriage, you know? We do have a great time together. We are really lucky.
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Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.
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You may have the power to slander, but I have the power not to listen to you.
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The heroes of the books I read, The Lord of the Rings and the Foundation series, always felt a duty to save the world.
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I've always spoken my mind and from the heart.
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I'm fascinated by power, by those that can be publicly generous and privately ruthless.
