Anne Carson Quotes
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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Before I go to bed, I brush my teeth and take off all my makeup. I like to use Neutrogena's makeup remover wipes.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
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I started working at the age of 2, doing commercials and modeling in New York.
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The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits.
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When I was on stage with the Spice Girls, I thought people were there to see the other four and not me.
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Dirk Nowitzki has been my hero for many years.
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My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
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It's a little strange when part of your family is in the public eye, and you're being put into a box that you're not necessarily in. That's when it starts to feel a bit odd: When you're being told who you are, but it's incorrect.
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The value of 'Made in Italy' must necessarily be up-to-date. This is the philosophy that Italia Independent has embraced. We decided from the outset to do away with stereotypes and attune ourselves to the extreme pace, to the incessant metamorphoses of the globalized world.
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In Benin, there's a thing that family members wear the same pattern of traditional African clothing.
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Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.
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As an actor, I'm very much a company person. And this also goes through my life: I have a dread of responsibility. I like someone else to be in charge.
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Only God can stop Kobe Bryant.
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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Obviously, the death of Usama Bin Laden marked a strategic milestone in our effort to defeat al-Qa'ida. Unfortunately, Bin Laden's death, and the death and capture of many other al-Qa'ida leaders and operatives, does not mark the end of that terrorist organization or its efforts to attack the United States and other countries.
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The man has a theory. The woman has hipbones. Here comes Death.
