Anne Enright Quotes
I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.
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My daughter is my passion and my life.
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I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
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Especially working in infectious disease, it's very interesting because these infectious diseases, these agents, they evolve over time. So it's very much an arms race and understanding how each changes to protect itself and to continue. And so it's very much this puzzle-solving but with this great urgency and importance in what you find.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a lively mind.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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I still do the same things, but it's nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone's very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it's like for real celebrities.
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I am a journalist.
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I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.
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When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.
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No. I cannot expect you to believe it. Take it as a lie--or a prophecy. Say I dreamed it in the workshop. Consider I have been speculating upon the destinies of our race until I have hatched this fiction. Treat my assertion of its truth as a mere stroke of art to enhance its interest. And taking it as a story, what do you think of it?
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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
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Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.
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I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.
