Ethan Canin Quotes
I really enjoy the immediacy of the 'knife and gun clubs,' as they're so callously called. Emergency is a great place to learn about people.
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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Whenever I see the news, it's always the same depressing things.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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How many times do I have to repeat this: my childhood was fantastic.
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Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
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Rehab is endlessly repetitive. And it's never easy, because once you've mastered some movement or action or word, no matter how small, you move on to the next. You never rest.
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I'm marriable. But I'm not married.
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Asia is changing, and China is changing. The 'Post' will have great opportunities. With its access to Alibaba's resources, data, and all the relationships in our ecosystem, the 'Post' can report on Asia and China more accurately compared with other media that have no such access.
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I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
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The most important thing you will do is yet to be seen. For me, I found my important thing to do when I learned to do surgery on the eye, when I learned to restore a person's vision.
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I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.
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I get very confused about being called a comedian, because when you say 'I'm a comedian,' people expect you to crack a joke. Maybe I use laughter and humour to make people think. I don't know what you call that - a humourist? A satirist? A pessimistic comedian? I don't know. Satirists can be very dark.
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When I don't know what to wear, I wear black lace.
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I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
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I would go from one city to the next, inspired by the monks in the Middle Ages, who would carry knowledge from one monastery to the next monastery.
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To begin with, our perception of the world is deformed, incomplete. Then our memory is selective.
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I'll go back and take what the people owe me.
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When you're young and have the opportunity, it's crucial to learn as much as possible about your profession from every possible angle.
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I've never seen myself as a 'girl driver.' I'm just a driver.
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Michael Jackson was my musical God. He made me believe that all things are possible, and through real and positive music. He can live forever! I love Michael Jackson. God Bless him.
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I really enjoy the immediacy of the 'knife and gun clubs,' as they're so callously called. Emergency is a great place to learn about people.
