Anna Kavan Quotes
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I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.
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It was like an honor thing for me to meet 50 cause I respected his whole story.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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Boys are like puppies, but the thing I find terrifying is how do you steer them?
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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My mother taught me to drive using the 'Detroit Method,' where speed limits and traffic lights are taken as cute suggestions.
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When you watch 'Ray Donovan,' you think that it's about Hollywood, about scandal, about stars, and about trying to keep secrets. That's true, but that's also just the means by which you reveal secrets of the people suffering every day life.
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When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.
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If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
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As much as you may want to, you can't control what other people say or do; you can only control yourself.
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We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.
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Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics.
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Educate yourself: Read up on current events and books.
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There are two languages: one as things seem to us and the other of knowledge.
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I have wanted only one thing to make me happy. That thing is everything.
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My first film was a movie shot in 1974. I was 18 on that movie set. It was called 'Big Bad Mama.' I turned 19 on the next movie I worked on, which was a black 'Blazing Saddles.' I worked in the art department. It was called 'Darktown Strutters.'
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Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush.
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In Dublin, we open The Dock, our new multidisciplinary innovation R&D and incubation hub where all elements of our innovation architecture come to life. The Dock is a launch pad for our more than 200 researchers to innovate with clients and acquisition partners with a particular focus on artificial intelligence.
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I took up leprosy work. Not to help anyone, but to overcome that fear in my life. That it worked out good for others was a by-product. But the fact is: I did it to overcome fear.
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You mustn't be so afraid of life - it's all we've got. Don't let it hurt you so much.
