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.
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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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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'm not superstitious.
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When technology is ready for something novel, when the components needed to build something new become affordable, it is going to be done by someone and more likely by several people.
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Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials of Western literature. The book is so encyclopedic that space aliens could use it to re-create the whale fishery as it once existed on the planet Earth in the midst of the 19th century.
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Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence.
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Consider the possibility that I made a mistake I regret - and that I’ll continue to regret that mistake and try to convince you to give me another chance until the earth stops turning.
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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.
