Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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Keep your eye on the ball.
Ford Frick
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If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.
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I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.
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Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.
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Some people are selfish in all of their relationships. Those people are called sociopaths.
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The spirit of an age may be best expressed in the abstract ideal arts, for the spirit itself is abstract and ideal.
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There's just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.
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It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish … to do otherwise is to legitimize it.
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You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.
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Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable-and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.
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I'm probably never going to be politically correct because I'm not a politician. I don't want to be a politician. Because politicians do what is politically expedient - I want to do what's right.
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Life will be much more exciting when we stop creating applications for mobile phones and we start creating applications for our own body.
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Always hire people who are better than you. Hiring dummies is shortsighted. You can't move up the ladder until everyone is comfortable with your replacement.
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I've been really lucky from eight years old to continue doing what I do and continue to love it. I've been able to travel all over the world. I've had experiences at my age that a lot of people haven't. So, you know, I've missed out on certain things, but in other ways I've gained, so it balances itself out.
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Paris somehow lends itself to conceptual new ideas. I don't know why it is. There is a certain magic to that city.
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The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes! In hues of ancient promise there imprest.
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I showed my magic to a civilian one time, and it got ugly.
