Anne Sexton Quotes
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My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
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I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side.
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I enjoy personal injury cases. I've tried quite a few of those. And, frankly, any kind of litigation that is trouble-shooting, whether it's equities, suits and injunctions, or whatever.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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I love to be surrounded by nature.
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About once every four days, someone comes up to me and is like, 'Hey, I know you from somewhere.'
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New York musicians rarely have the time for idle chat and conversation after a gig. Despite popular assumption of our scintillating after-hours, that illusion is overtaken by the constant hustle to juggle a part-time or full-time job, a myriad of errands, a second or third gig of the day, and perhaps a child or two somewhere.
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The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.
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Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer.
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His eye a ring inside a ring inside a ring That leers up, joyless, vile, in meek obscenity - This is the devil. Flesh to flesh, he bleatsThe herd back to the pit of being.
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It's gonna be a lot of zeroes in that contract. You gonna think it's alphabet soup or something, all those zeroes in there.
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Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.
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I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden.
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I've reached the 50th year of my life, and now every question related with life also includes thinking about death. When I leave, I want to leave to my offspring a clear idea about identity.
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I look upon Virginia as a rib taken from Britain's side... While they both proceed as living under the marriage-compact, this Eve might thrive so long as her Adam flourishes. Whatever serpent shall tempt her to go astray etc will only cause her husband to rule more strictly over her.
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I have such a passion for theatre.
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No government can give a selective advantage to a specific company, because that would make competition unfair.
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You left the best you had, now you gotta act like that?
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Even so, I must admire your skill.You are so gracefully insane.
