Anatole France Quotes
For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.
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I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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St. Louis sprawls where mighty rivers meet - as broad as Philadelphia, but three stories high instead of two, with wider streets and dirtier atmosphere, over the dull-brown of wide, calm rivers. The city overflows into the valleys of Illinois and lies there, writhing under its grimy cloud.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter what you're doing. Even if you don't have a line, you have to stay in it.
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When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
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I part of this great nation because my grandfather was born here, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took a horse, back in 1895, and ride it all the way down to Guanajuato, looking for his American dream. No penny in his pocket, only dreams in his head. And he was an immigrant coming from the States into Mexico. And he found his American dream in Mexico.
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I never thought I could win the French Open.
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I was not a Southern California girl. I hated having my photograph taken. I felt shy and embarrassed around famous people.
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The way that I'm working now is basically the way I've been working since I was a kid: Find the greatest artist in whatever you do, and rip them off with respect. I think there's a big difference between ripping off with respect and ripping off in disrespect.
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Maids in India have egos. Big egos. They do not like being spoken to curtly, and they do not like to be abruptly instructed by a woman they do not know. They come with the feeling that they already know everything. So while training them to do things your way, speak gently, and when they do it right, appreciate it.
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I have this nightmare that one day I will have to look at every picture I've ever taken with people in an airport or in bars or restaurants, and it will make me very sad.
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For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
