Anne Carson Quotes
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This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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To make headway, improve your head.
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Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!
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You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it.
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After college, I went into the NBC Page Program. It's one of those great programs that allows kids to get their feet wet in every area of the business.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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I like to play dress up, I'm in love with fashion.
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Any athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
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And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you should be doing.
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When the kid goes to bed, you get a little bit of time for yourself and maybe your partner, so being delayed in that departure can be particularly frustrating.
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It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.
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It is only through hard work and awareness that we can truly own our identity.
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The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
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Our creator says, 'Here's your birth and here's your death' - and the rest are the things you learn on your journey. This was my experience - and the choice is, I can lay in the misery, or choose to learn from it and move on.
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The white light of truth, in traversing the many sided transparent soul of the poet, is refracted into iris-hued poetry.
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I want to record many albums, have a healthy record label with talented artists, keep building my publishing catalogue, and maintain our culture with good music that will be remembered for years to come.
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No need to fear death. There will be a tunnel and light.
