Anna Funder Quotes

At the end of our lives it is our loves we remember most, because they are what shaped us. We have grown to be who we are around them, as around a stake.

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• I was hanging out with no one under 21. I thought that if I really wanted to fit in I had to... show them that I was in a way just as adult as they were, 'cause I could hold my own just as well as they could, if not better.

  

  Jack Osbourne
  • Way
  • Thought
  • Better

• There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.

  

  Vaughn Monroe
  • People
  • Great
  • Running

• No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.

  

  Dana Boente
  • Law
  • Person
  • Above

• With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.

  

  Maiara Walsh
  • People
  • Girl
  • Hurt

• I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.

  

  Larry King
  • Up
  • Know
  • Grow

• Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Protection
  • Deception
  • Fraud

• Environmentalism is a form of pagan fundamentalism. These green wackos are fanatics like al-Quaida. Just like them.

  

  G. Gordon Liddy
  • Like
  • Green
  • Environmental

• Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want to be one of them.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • People
  • Want
  • Looking

• I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning.

  

  Gary Larson
  • Find
  • Jazz
  • Cartooning

• I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
  • America
  • Think
  • Looking

• When I was younger, my family would go camping and fishing on our ranches. My dad loves being around all kinds of animals. He's the one who got me to be a really big animal lover.

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Family
  • Me
  • Dad

• Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Book
  • Week
  • Two

• I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one thing, or getting too drunk to really do a very good job.

  

  J. Tillman
  • Good
  • Job
  • Song

• Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over - except when they are different.

  

  Nancy Banks Smith
  • People
  • World
  • Different

• My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're dealing with an institution that vast numbers of people have experienced: college, summer camp, the military, the country club.

  

  Harold Ramis
  • People
  • Country
  • Pretty

• I did no research on 'The Best Man.' That was something that came out from my own head.

  

  Malcolm D. Lee
  • Man
  • Best
  • Research

• I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear.

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • Possible
  • Eat
  • Wear

• I never limit myself when it comes to telling stories; I think people can see that in my body of work. It's just about, 'What's a great story? Is it unique? Is it a challenge?'

  

  F. Gary Gray
  • People
  • Work
  • Great

• We can choose a path that leads us into trouble. It all comes down to our decisions at the end of the day.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Day
  • Path
  • End

• One problem was that my direct testimony was in writing, so a lot of people didn't get to see it. I hope they see it, because I think it built a very strong case.

  

  Jim Barksdale
  • People
  • Writing
  • Hope

• All equity categories, correctly calculated, create near-identical lifelong returns. They just get there via wildly differing paths.

  

  Kenneth Fisher

• The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response.

  

  Daniel Goleman
  • Emotional

• I was just so nervous every time I was onstage. It took me many, many years to get to the point where I realized, 'All right, if I'm going to keep doing this, I've gotta remember that it's supposed to be fun. I've gotta stop putting so much pressure on myself, because otherwise, it's not worth it.' And I still am too critical of myself.

  

  Dave Franco
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Fun

• At the end of our lives it is our loves we remember most, because they are what shaped us. We have grown to be who we are around them, as around a stake.

  

  Anna Funder
  • Remember
  • Loves
  • Grown