Ann Patchett Quotes
I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.Ann Patchett
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
Florence Henderson -
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.
Ma Jun -
I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
Said Sayrafiezadeh -
I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
Ha-Joon Chang -
I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
Idina Menzel -
First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.
Oksana Baiul
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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.
Madhur Mittal -
When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
G. Willow Wilson -
I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
Famke Janssen -
I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
Rajeev Shukla -
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.
Victor LaValle -
I don't drink coffee.
Waris Ahluwalia
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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.
Halima Aden -
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.
Laura San Giacomo -
I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
Larry Wilmore -
Life is such a tragicomedy.
Oleg Cassini -
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.
Calvin Peete -
A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.
J. D. Souther
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The Internet has destroyed irony in the world, or at least wounded it considerably. What are we to do about an invention whose end result is that starving people in China are looking up things on marthastewart.com?
Douglas Coupland -
I really have created a family. I work with the people I love, I travel with them, I make films with them, and I'm in an office with them. So in a weird way - I know I haven't birthed a child - I feel that I'm a part of creating a family. It's a tribe. I love that word.
Drew Barrymore -
When I came back from my first TED, very few people knew what it was. But around the time I was sitting down to write 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette,' in 2010, TED was exploding.
Maria Semple -
He always said nobody is promised tomorrow, and he lived life to the fullest. I do that. You can't take life for granted, and Puck never did. I'm real glad I was his teammate. He taught me everything I know about how to act, how to carry yourself, on and off the field.
Eddie Guardado -
I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.
Ann Patchett