Ethan Canin Quotes
I've discovered over the years that being subject to both the adoration and the vilification actually makes me more disciplined. It makes me understand that it's the idea of writing a great book that propels me now, whereas it used to be the idea of success.
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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
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I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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I spent a lot of time in boarding school. This is something I will never do to my kids. I think if you're having kids, then you have to take care of them; otherwise, what's the point? There are many things that parents say are good for the kids, but the truth is they say that because it is good for the parents.
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Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq.
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Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have enough of that.
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God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant.
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I have never declared myself an Indigenous politician; I am not an Indigenous Chief Minister.
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My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong.
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Form follows beauty.
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People's blessings give you the power to work tirelessly. The only thing required is commitment.
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Applaud us when we run, console us when we fall, cheer us when we recover.
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Let us yield a bit. Let us grant socialism a few more years. Socialism is so obsolete, it is dying by itself.… Did I say socialism? I assure you on my honor this was not a mental slip. This was a slip of the tongue. Do not forget that. Capitalism-and I say it with such gusto-capitalism is so obsolete that it is dying by itself.
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Coming back doing interviews is weird. It’s like an actor who takes a year off and just goes home, settles down, does some gardening, wakes up in the morning, worries about what to have for breakfast, then suddenly you’re plonked back in the middle of it all.
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Oderint dum metuant.
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I mean, if you're being directed very precisely by somebody who has admiration and who's really smart, it's great. If you're being told what to do by a nincompoop - and luckily that hasn't happened very often - it can be very frustrating.
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Do not expect anything; there is more to be gained by earning it.
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My secret for success? I don't know what the hell success means.
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I've discovered over the years that being subject to both the adoration and the vilification actually makes me more disciplined. It makes me understand that it's the idea of writing a great book that propels me now, whereas it used to be the idea of success.
