Anne Carson Quotes
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week!
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Oakland kids are always the best.
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Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked the character. You do one take, and you're reading with a person who's just sitting in a chair and not really... you're not playing off someone, which is what I like to do. I like to play around and find the moment.
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My parents are so cool, so chill, super hip. They know what's up.
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All through my life, I was hated on. When I was in middle school, they used to write in my rhyme book, 'You suck' or 'This sucks.'
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Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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Jon Bon Jovi is remarkable.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
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The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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I wanted to write for all children, even those kids who might see language as a threatening thing, even if English is their second language.
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The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity.
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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Baltimore has proven themselves on the football field. We can't take that away.
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The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers.
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What is the fear inside language? No accident of the body can make it stop burning.
