Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
Someone who doesn’t care if they get Tater Tots or turnip slurry is a person who has given up on life.
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
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Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.
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If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
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I'm very independent.
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There's something so great about being with your nephew and, when you're tired, just handing him off back to your sister.
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Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.
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When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
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I like to wear tight jeans. Most of my stuff is pretty slim fit.
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A pit bull is like a fighter. Every so often it needs to taste blood.
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I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff.
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I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.
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If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is of no more authority than any other uninspired volume, how is it that the book is what it is?
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The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord.
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The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise.
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The judicious reader ought to know what the chief character in any work of the imagination will naturally perform, according to the situation he is thrown into, as well as doth the author himself.
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I wasn't the guy running out to the Viper Room or comedy clubs until three in the morning. I was the guy running back to watch the Mets win the World Series in 1986.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.
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Someone who doesn’t care if they get Tater Tots or turnip slurry is a person who has given up on life.
