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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Life is full of surprises, some good, some not so good.
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There's an ancient bond that still exists today between horses and humans, it is even there with people that have never ridden a horse or been around horses. The horse is what settled the entire west. If it weren’t for the horse they’d probably be only a couple hundred miles from where they started. A lot of people don’t realize how much they owe the horse because it’s not so much a part of our culture right now as it used to be.
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If it ain't a mess, it'll do till the mess gets here.
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The sun was a warrior whom I gladly contested and whom I overthrew. Dazzling and magnificent was the sun's army on my back and joyous were the blades of sweat that came from my pores and vanquished him.
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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.
