Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
Believe me, there’s nothing worse than being both immortal and intelligent. Imagine the boredom! Plus you start to ask questions, and the worst thing about questions is that sometimes, they have answers.
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.
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You learn as you grow up, if you're intelligent - or even three-quarter witted - that there's no free lunch. You pay for things in various ways. Living, loving, everything else is a matter of the same principles: you learn to work with what you have.
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There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.
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Every four weeks I go up a bra size... it's worth being pregnant just for the breasts.
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Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
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I'm still not used to the idea of being the youngest circumnavigator.
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I was aware that everybody said I was going to be a vast mega-flop, and that William Hague was just oh-so intelligent, and oh such a great parliamentarian, and therefore so different from me! So I thought, I must deprive them of the satisfaction of proving themselves right.
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The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.
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My mom hates being on camera. My dad loves it - he eats it up!
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At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.
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Some coaches prefer players who will just do whatever he tells them to. It's like, if you're at school with a load of 10-year-old boys and you tell them to jump, everyone will start to jump. But the intelligent boy will ask, 'Why should I jump? Why?' That can be difficult for a lot of coaches, and I understand that.
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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I had the misfortune of being born in a horrendous situation.
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Someone else is going to read for me or go at my place to the mosque, and/or to tell me you shouldn't take anything from the West because the West is the enemy and so on. It is to me to decide. I am intelligent enough to be critical towards the West and take what I need and reject what is bad for me.
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I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.
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Being a dramatic character was more difficult for me. It was a new thing that I explored because it was challenging. But I love to challenge myself and different things.
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I am an Armani and a Dolce & Gabbana kind of a person.
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I've never really been into social media - I don't have a Facebook; I don't do Twitter or Instagram or anything.
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I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad.
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Everything's a lot easier when you work with someone you know just about as well as you know yourself.
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Believe me, there’s nothing worse than being both immortal and intelligent. Imagine the boredom! Plus you start to ask questions, and the worst thing about questions is that sometimes, they have answers.
