Anne Carson Quotes
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To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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Some people change when they think they're a star or something.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
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You can't say somebody is a bust if they're making plays and running to the ball.
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Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.
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I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
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We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
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I rarely step on sidewalk cracks. I don't wear a watch. I touch my favorite tree before going on long trips.
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In this Internet age of shared information, even if you don't tell the people, they will find out.
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I've always liked fashion but maybe not to the point that I was so sick about it that I wanted to draw my own things.
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I have a whole iPod full of exceptionally bad music, truly awful stuff including a disproportionate number of one hit wonders from the early '80s and lots of hair bands. I find it utterly impossible to love a song until I know every single word, so listening to live music or new bands is pretty much out.
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Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.
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To live past the end of your myth is a perilous thing.
