Anne Enright Quotes
I write anywhere - when I have an idea, it's hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where I wrote. Everything had to be quiet and I couldn't be disturbed; it really filled my day.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm pretty gross. When I talk I can be gross and crude.
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.
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I'm just being me on Instagram, and that's what I love about it. It's definitely personal, and it's, like, no one in my team would ever get my password for my Instagram. Like, that's a no-no.
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Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.
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I'm very respectful in everything I wear. I think about it.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.
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To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.
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Nobody ever accused me of pulling any weapon on them. I would never, ever pull a weapon on anybody.
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Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.
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When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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The federal government has gone too far on many nonessential regulations that are harming small businesses. Employers are rightly concerned about the costs of these regulations - so they stop hiring, stop spending, and start saving for a bill from the federal government.
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There's no road map. There's no textbook on how grief works and when your heart will be open - or if it ever will.
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I try to go throughout my daily life just as if nothing has changed, but you don't have much anonymity anymore, which feels really good. People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work.
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Germany can make a major difference in the lives of so many Holocaust survivors who are struggling in their later years.
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I do not speak through my characters; it's not a ventriloquist act.
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The mind is just another muscle.
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Offensive operations and hunting down the enemy is an integral part of any counterinsurgency approach.
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I don't design cars. I'm not a designer. I know what I desire to be built, I know what the end result is, the horsepower, the competition we'll be working against - but I leave it to the people who work with me to put it all together. I don't do anything.
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I talk to myself out loud at times, and feel embarrassed when people overhear me.
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He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own.
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I write anywhere - when I have an idea, it's hard not to write. I used to be kind of precious about where I wrote. Everything had to be quiet and I couldn't be disturbed; it really filled my day.
