Anne Carson Quotes
We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth-- we call it life.
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I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.
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Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
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Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.
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p. 73
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Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.
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Today, no leader can afford to be indifferent to the challenge of engaging employees in the work of creating the future. Engagement may have been optional in the past, but it's pretty much the whole game today.
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We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth-- we call it life.
