Ethan Canin Quotes
My idea of teaching literature is just to read great passages aloud or to look at it the way a writer does, which is what I try to do. Which is to say, 'How does this writer do this? How did he order his scenes? Do you notice any pattern to his sentences?'
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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If we despond, public confidence is destroyed, the people will no longer yield their support to a hopeless contest, and American liberty is no more. Through the darkness which shrouds our prospects, the ark of safety is visible. Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters.
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And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I'm pretty obsessed with 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey.' I usually watch it on the bus after a show with my husband Jimi. As much as he will deny it, he loves the show as much as I do.
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My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.
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I'm a fan of action movies.
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My first experience on a feature film was with Shane Meadows on 'This Is England.'
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I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?
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I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts.
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If you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England - you couldn't have a person who would be more protective than my mother was for me. Which meant really that I could dare to do all sorts of things.
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Art should not be an easy thing.
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I regret what happened. I saw no other possibility to achieve my goal. It was not hooliganism.
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I don't give a fuck what else on the rider, as long I've got Jack Daniels.
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When human glory rises high As human glory can; When though the king is truly great, Still greater is the man.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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I see characters lying all the time in a lot of Hollywood movies. They can't do this because it would affect the movie this way or that or this demographic might not like it. To me a character can't do anything good or bad, they can only do something that's true or not.
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My idea of teaching literature is just to read great passages aloud or to look at it the way a writer does, which is what I try to do. Which is to say, 'How does this writer do this? How did he order his scenes? Do you notice any pattern to his sentences?'
