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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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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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 like to take things as they come and, as much as possible, not force anything. I think I could wind up somewhere completely different five years from now, something completely removed from acting - I could be perfectly content studying photography or English literature. At the same time, I love what I'm doing right now and could see doing this for a very long time.
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It has seemed to me that the theory (calcul) of probabilities ought to serve as the basis for the study of all the sciences, and particularly of the sciences of observation.
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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.
