Anne Stevenson Quotes
I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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I hope I have a long career, but I really don't think about the future like that. I live, like, for right now, honestly. I take it however it comes.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.
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Economists of a classical bent lay a large part of the decline of employment, and thus lagging output, to a contraction of labour supply.
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Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.
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My guilty pleasure is I like to watch a lot of HGTV. I really like watching design shows about houses, like extreme homes. Like buying a bridge and turning it into a house or something like that. I really am interested in home design or something like that... architecture.
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Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.
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Mel Brooks is an interesting one because he started out making films about stuff that he was totally affectionate about, like musicals, westerns, horror films, Hitchcock films. And then, as they get further on, and you get to 'Spaceballs,' then it's just kind of contrived.
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I've made mistakes. Like, bringing people to your level who don't deserve to be there. They're trying to bite off your so-called fame, make a name off of you. I think I did a lot of that - allowed people to be relevant in my life who really aren't relevant to me at all.
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Every day, turn off your phone/email for some part of the day.
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Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
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I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that.
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The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption.
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For my characters, it's important to get really specific about what they listen to. Because it affects how they move in the world.
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All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of God.
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Since I was 14, I wanted to make music, but I think I would also have made a good policeman. When I was eight, I wanted to be one so I could tell people off.
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As a child, we visited the San Juan Islands during the summer. Kayaking, big family meals, playing on the beach - great memories!
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I think the best way for me to go into auditions psychologically was to say, 'You're not going to get it. This is the only acting experience you're going to have with this material.'
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I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.
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I've never known a situation in my career where a terrible script turned into a movie that was out of this world or was a success.
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I had ballooned out to close to 400 pounds at one point. And in the '80s, we were just beginning to get on video and disco. So therefore, I did not fit in, and my record company let me go because they said, 'Look, you're just not marketable enough with the weight problem.'
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.
