Ann Trason Quotes
I was just doing what I love to do. I don't like to be the center of attention. We're all out there trying to finish Western States – it never felt like I was better than anybody else.
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.
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It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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You know, I don't really understand a suburban environment. I want to be out in the woods, I want to be where it's wild, I want to wake up and hear birds, I want to walk outside and see a gaggle of turkeys bouncing across my lawn - I want to be someplace like that - or I want to be right in the middle of an urban environment.
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
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People say I look younger than the music I'm doing just because the songs are older. Hopefully I can keep my youthful look!
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I always felt that Jay Z, if he had a different upbringing, could be on Wall Street or in politics. If you really listen to Jay Z talk, he's kind of the smartest guy in the room.
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With every film that you do, you're always so nervous. You feel exposed because you know people will see this eventually. You sort of have to put all that out of your head. What will be will be. But it's nerve wracking.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
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My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am.
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You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.
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I love love stories, no matter how dark.
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You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
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Everyone else in the 'iCarly' cast can operate on 5 hours of sleep, but not so for 'Old Man Nathan!'
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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I know in my life there's stuff that will come back because I haven't dealt with it, and it's the same with everybody.
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Like a lot of small press founders I was looking for a way into publishing - as well as a way out of academia. Without moving to London, I couldn't see a way of working for a publishing house whose work I liked. Believe it or not, the simplest way for me to get into publishing was to start my own press.
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I recorded my first song, 'Greetings,' and it got so much attention on SoundCloud. I was not expecting that.
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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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I was just doing what I love to do. I don't like to be the center of attention. We're all out there trying to finish Western States – it never felt like I was better than anybody else.
