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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There are two kinds of ham: raw and cooked. Raw ham is cured with salt and/or smoke over time; cooked ham is boiled. Every culture that makes ham has its own unique and various methods.
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One afternoon, on my way to the campus - I was majoring in political science at Nairobi University - a photographer by the name of Peter Beard stopped me in the street and asked me if I'd ever been photographed.
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The hand of the wicked can't stir one moment before God allows them to begin, and...one moment after God commands them to stop.
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Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.
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I exercise five days a week at home.
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We happen upon ourselves when nothing much happens to us, and we are transformed in the process...
