Anita Shreve Quotes

I've always been charmed by houses, and descriptions of them are prominent in my novels. So prominent, in fact, that my editor once pointed out to me that all of my early novels had houses on the covers.

Anita Shreve

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• To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.

  

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• What seems like comfort and security one day can all be taken away the very next.

  

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• If I have any audience, they can know that anything I am in, I would go see, with the expectation of being really satisfied.

  

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• This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear arsenal that they have obviously is important. They're a very powerful country.

  

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• I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.

  

  Eddie Izzard
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• What sort of Europe do we want to have? Parallel societies? Muslim communities living together with the Christian community?

  

  Viktor Orban
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• My painting does not come from the easel.

  

  Jackson Pollock
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• When we're not filming or promoting then, you know, I live two different lives. So when I'm just in Taylor's life, and I'm just, you know, at home spending time with friends, it's great, it's a totally different life than this 'Twilight' world for sure. But it's amazing; our fans are the most passionate fans in the world!

  

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• If you got a dope girl, there's going to be people that want her. But I don't know, I've always kept my 'A-game' on point. I just make a point to make sure the woman that I'm with is taken care of. You got to keep it new, so I go out of my way to make them feel special.

  

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• We need to encourage young women to find what they love to do. That is a very valuable pursuit - more so than the pursuit of a boyfriend. When you have that core, you bring that core to every aspect of your life.

  

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• Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

  

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• 'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure.

  

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• Danny Ferry did a very good job when he was here and put the franchise up to a certain level, as did Mike Brown, and his contract had ended after five years, and, ultimately, both sides decided they wanted to do other things. No hard feelings at all there.

  

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• I consider my relationship with acting in Hollywood as sort of a mutual breakup. Through puberty, Hollywood didn't really want me anymore, and I was like, 'Yeah, I don't really want you, either.'

  

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• The Catholic Church is a weird church. Much mysticism is sown broadspread from its ritual mysteries till it extends into the very lives of its constituents and parishoners.

  

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• Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.

  

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• Hell, I'm an old man. I'm 70 years old. I'm supposed to be sitting on a rocking chair watching the sunset.

  

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• How many more tragedies does it take before we do something? How many more children have to die before this country realizes that No Gun Zones create perfect locations for violence? You can not stop criminals and mad men with laws, you can only stop violence with the fear of armed victims.

  

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• The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.

  

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• The beginning of my life was simple and much like every other little life. I came, I saw, I conquered, as the first baby in the family always does.

  

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• Jumping off that cliff in Jamaica.It was years ago. It was at this place called Rick's Cafe. Actually, it was two cliffs. They were pretty high, probably a good 40- 50-foot jump into the ocean. That was crazy.

  

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• The real ecumenical crisis today is not between Catholics and Protestants but between traditional and experimental forms of church life.

  

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• I've always been charmed by houses, and descriptions of them are prominent in my novels. So prominent, in fact, that my editor once pointed out to me that all of my early novels had houses on the covers.

  

  Anita Shreve