Anne Hebert Quotes
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.
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People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.
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The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me.
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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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I love that quiet time when nobody's up and the animals are all happy to see me.
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I'm really interested in the difference between selfishness and generosity. It confuses me to no end because sometimes it all just feels like pure indulgence on my part.
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I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.
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You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance to its development, to even its destructive powers to reform itself and we are in a way, we will go.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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My academic specialization is Arab-Israel relations.
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Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.
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Society has not been set up in a way that allows women to go back to work after taking time off. Many women now have to work as well as do everything at home and no one can do everything. Society needs to find a way of relieving women.
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You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people.
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A good teacher sees the commonality of all human beings
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If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally and if something blocks one route, find another. Never give up.
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There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song.
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We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.
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I believe in solitude broken like bread by poetry.
