Ann Patchett Quotes
I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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Of course, as consumers, we want cheap and good products; however, if these production processes are exceeding wastewater discharge standards and even causing heavy metal pollution, they will cause long-lasting damage to the ecological environment and public health.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.
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Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.
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When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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I don't drink coffee.
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The hijab is a symbol that we wear on our heads, but I want people to know that it is my choice. I'm doing it because I want to do it. I wanted people to see that you could still be really cute and modest at the same time.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.
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I wondered if he ever thought of me, and hated the pang I felt when I told myself he didn't.
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A group of reptilian humanoids, called the Babylonian Brotherhood, control humanity.
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I don't like sleeping with people I really love. I don't want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever.
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Re-energize your Soul... Walk with Mother nature.
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I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.
