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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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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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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It would be nice to not have to prove myself and for people to know that I'm good and can play a role. Whatever role that is that lets people know that I can play the next role is what I want to do.
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I'm as pure as the driven slush.
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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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Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.
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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 adulation from viewers is a huge stimulant for me, and it keeps me going.
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I have written stories since I was a child.
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What's the trick to writing a good bad guy? Well, for me, it's always been the idea that you pit yourself against authority, you know? I think that's what it takes - and then you can write villainous characters.
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I remember a point in writing the story where I said, "This isn't working, I should go and buy something at the supermarket or my wife will kill me." Then I said, "No, I'll go on."
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What is the price of justice? What is the price of justice? When bail is set unreasonably high, people are behind bars only because they are poor. Not because they're a danger or a flight risk - only because they are poor. They don't have money to get out of jail and they certainly don't have money to flee anywhere.
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Every once in a while, I'll have a 'Do you know who I am?' moment, at least in my head. I hate that.
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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.
