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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We can be more inclusive.
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It was crazy: marriage. You gave your whole life, your whole happiness, over to one other human being, even the best of them inept at times, prone to reach for some other fulfillment, some other pleasure.
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If I'm extra happy or excited, it'll take me an hour or two to write a song. Or, if I'm really sad or something, it will take me about a day. But I have a specific way of writing: I just listen to the beat. I think about what I'm going to write over the beat.
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I try to be present in the moment and to be authentic, and to listen.
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He didn't give the penalty but I've seen them given for worse
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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.
