Anna Funder Quotes
Memory, like so much else, is unreliable. Not only for what it hides and what it alters, but also for what it reveals.

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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out. Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't want to change to be something that I'm not for other people to like me.
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It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It's an instinctive process.
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I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
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It would almost be sinful to say that I regretted doing 'Charlie's Angels' because it did so much for my career.
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We must speed up the time table for fathers, brothers and sons to provide their mothers, daughters and sisters with the same opportunities that they give themselves.
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I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.
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I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say.
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We must be loyal to the forum of our government.
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My phone is always in front of me, 24/7.
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The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art.
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Another day to shine your light and give thanks for all your blessings!
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Sleeping is one of the more private aspects of parenting; it happens in a quiet room, whereas eating is a more public aspect of parenting. Other people can see it and compare it to what their kids eat.
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For the Eye altering alters all; The Senses roll themselves in fear And the flat Earth becomes a Ball.
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If wrestling can be considered an art form, then [Ric Flair] is using oils, and the many others merely water colors.
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Memory, like so much else, is unreliable. Not only for what it hides and what it alters, but also for what it reveals.