Ethan Canin Quotes
I started out writing stories because that's all I wanted to read, but now I don't know if I'll ever write one again.
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I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
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R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
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Travel, of course, narrows the mind.
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I like to frequent antiques shops and flea markets like the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
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We walk together, we move together, we think together, we resolve together, and together we take this country forward.
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We all have that desire to be kind of wild and bad.
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Investing in women and girls may once have been considered a radical notion or even a waste of resources, but in most places in the world today, women and girls are increasingly recognized as a critical link to greater prosperity, political stability, better health and public policy.
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There have been many occasions when I found it helpful to talk out loud to my own thoughts, ordering the unwholesome ones to go off somewhere and jump into the river.
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Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression.
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I was always more of a Lydia Deeds than a Disney Princess, so anything offbeat like that, I would love to be a part of.
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Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.
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The truth is, a large majority of the market, I'd guess 80 percent, doesn't know anything more than what they are sold.
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As soon as a disease is diagnosed, we still need someone to deliver the care.
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When it was time to meet a chimpanzee, I got very, very anxious because they have the strength of ten men, so I hear.
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I couldn't sustain myself if I skimped on food - I work 16-hour days, I need the energy, I can't afford to be stingy on what I eat.
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Canada and space are a natural fit.
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For 22 years, Bandar bin Sultan was Saudi Arabia's influential, irrepressible ambassador in Washington.
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The brain immediately confronts us with its great complexity. The human brain weighs only three to four pounds but contains about 100 billion neurons.
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I've never cared for the idea of a career path, or where a film might 'take me.' My love is for acting not money, so I only take on roles that I find challenging, in stories I find interesting.
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I think the main thing about football is confidence.
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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
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I started out writing stories because that's all I wanted to read, but now I don't know if I'll ever write one again.
