Anita Shreve Quotes
WWI is a romantic war, in all senses of the word. An entire generation of men and women left the comforts of Edwardian life to travel bravely, and sometimes even jauntily, to almost certain death. At the very least, any story or novel about WWI is about innocence shattered in the face of experience.

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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me!
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I really sort of kept to myself. I kind of just watched the world. And I think to keep people from messing with me, yeah, you know, I went out to run track. I went out for the football team. Not because I love track or love football.
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At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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In the end, the market will decide which is the better performer: dirty coal-fired power or clean wind and solar. Market-based competition. That doesn't sound like communism to me.
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I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing.
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It changed the game right there. He always seems to make the big plays when we need them.
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Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?
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When I was a little kid growing up in Iceland, I always dreamed about creating something that could have an impact on the whole world, and even as a young boy I was passionate about fitness and sports.
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I enjoyed the promotion with K9 on my introduction day.
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I'm a big, big reader of pretty much everything that Chuck Colson has written. And I consulted with him when I was making some decisions about running for the Senate in the first place.
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WWI is a romantic war, in all senses of the word. An entire generation of men and women left the comforts of Edwardian life to travel bravely, and sometimes even jauntily, to almost certain death. At the very least, any story or novel about WWI is about innocence shattered in the face of experience.