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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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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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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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 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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I get a great high from writing.
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I've got a great eye for color. I'm like a chick.
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I'm very unorganized.
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To me, the flag represents the greatest ideals of the United States of America, not the worst, but different people look at different things and have different feelings about it. That's what freedom of expression is all about.
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Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On an average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years.
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I don't think anyone sets out to do something bad, it's just that it's very difficult.
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I can draw really well. And I like to paint. I'm a bit of an artist.
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The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.
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We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.
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I always say that people are like peanut shells on the ocean: the waves will take them everywhere.
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There was a time for German stars in the 1950s with Curt Jurgens, Hardy Kruger, O. W. Fischer, and Maria Schell. That was a totally different generation. It all ended in 1968 during the big students' movement in my country. It was an anti-authority movement that changed everything. All my country's hierarchies, morals and values were questioned.
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Our country has had a hard time learning that lesson with energy.
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Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.
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Thinking withdraws radically and for its own sake from this world and its evidential nature, whereas science profits from a possible withdrawal for the sake of specific results.
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I think connecting to a character is like connecting to any human being - either you like them or you don't. You might not be able to list the reasons why you love your best friend or what attracted you to them; it's just something that you feel - a connection, an understanding, or a curiosity that makes you want to get to know them.
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I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.
