Anne Enright Quotes
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.
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I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I need instant gratification.
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Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource.
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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I did 14 movies in six years, I had a cartoon TV show, and I don't want to do that again. I just want to make unique pieces of art. That's why I quit everything when I was 14 and sat around for eight years before I did another movie.
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.
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You wouldn't know it, but I'm no good at recognising people; I have face blindness.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
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Men want to destroy the women: you've become bigger than me, people love you more, you have a public platform, that's my space you're taking up. I can't just divorce you, I have to destroy you.
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When I was 14, I came to school in London. I remember it was very cold, but also having to adjust and become fluent in English.
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I'm a songwriter, an artist, and a musician. I do not have to try to be that; I just am.
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It's very important in any relationship that one partner doesn't lose themselves in the other, and that's very easy if you're involved with a celebrity.
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There are those who view the abolitionists as just maniacs, apolitical fanatics who helped to cause the war, and Lincoln is the model of responsible statesmanship. I think that is a misconception, the idea that Lincoln knows what's possible and the abolitionists don't.
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To be able to have the space to sit down and write has always been my central policy.
