Anthony Lane Quotes
I do have one very brutal writing ritual. If I'm working in the morning, I don't allow myself a cup of tea until I've written two paragraphs. It's harsh.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to, I could. I got an agent and booked my first audition.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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I feel like if you enjoyed the 119 hours that precede the finale of 'Lost,' is that whole experience ruined by the fact that you might not agree with everything that we did in the finale? I would hope not! I would hope that you would appreciate the fact that you were entertained for 119 hours even if you didn't love the finale.
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The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there.
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I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.
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One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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When I got diagnosed, the more research I did about it – MS overall, as a subject, as a disease – there's a lot of misconceptions and there's a lot of unknowns about it, and there wasn't anyone out that was close to my age or close to anything like me out there.
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Only by working together can we preserve those institutions of family and community, rights and responsibilities, law and self-government that is the hallmark of this nation. For, it turns out, we do not persevere alone. Our character is not found in isolation. Hope does not arise by putting our fellow man down; it is found by lifting others up.
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But though I repeated my plea, and waited on my knees for nearly an hour, there was no answer.
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Everything that happens is supposed to be And it's all pre-determined, can't change your destiny Guess I'll just keep moving, someday maybe I'll get to where I'm going
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We need not to just kill the boat-smuggling business model: we also need to get rid of this asylum-shopping in the European Union.
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I'd never make something pointless that I don't believe in. I don't think I could do it.
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Things were never as exciting for me as the first gig in New York.
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I think the only festival I ever went to was Warped Tour.
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The easiest way to not believe your own hype is to not know what people are saying about you.
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I don't feel like I'm getting older. I think it's the way I've looked after myself. I take my football seriously. I love scoring goals and I get a good feeling from it, so I'll do whatever it takes to be fit and feel good in games.
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Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.
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Comfort kills! If your goal in life is to be comfortable, I guarantee two things. First, you will never be rich. Second, you will never be happy. Happiness doesn't come from living a lukewarm life, always wondering what could have been. Happiness comes as a result of being in our natural state of growth and living up to our fullest potential.
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As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.
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I do have one very brutal writing ritual. If I'm working in the morning, I don't allow myself a cup of tea until I've written two paragraphs. It's harsh.
