Anthony Lane Quotes
We happen upon ourselves when nothing much happens to us, and we are transformed in the process...
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I've always been in love with music, but I've never thought to sing.
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I like to have fun, just stay relaxed.
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
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No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
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Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.
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As I went between the Islamic Society in my college and university, the mosque, the halal takeaway, and visited the homes of my male Muslim friends, it was entirely possible for me to get through my day without interacting in any meaningful way with a single non-Muslim.
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Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about God.
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Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.
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When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner.
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I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
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When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.
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I can't stand on a podium and beat my chest saying I'm the best. I just think I've been the luckiest of all. Yes, I'm talented. The movies that I've chosen and the way they've fared have also helped. I've always done films I would love to watch. I have stayed away from films which I thought were depressing.
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One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience.
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I find Denver's hipster scene to be fully unique.
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I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility.
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It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.
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Pain is one of life's great lessons. You need to know how you'll react to the negatives in your life. Only then will you learn from the pain, and the next time it happens, you can speed up your healing process.
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We happen upon ourselves when nothing much happens to us, and we are transformed in the process...
