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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I loathe crowds. I especially don't like cities. A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.
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Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.
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Crackers!” said Dumbledore enthusiastically, offering the end of a large silver noisemaker to Snape, who took it reluctantly.
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I showed my magic to a civilian one time, and it got ugly.
