Anne Stevenson Quotes
Looking back at it now, any objective account of my life is bound to read like a cross between 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and a travel brochure.
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
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But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
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I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
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Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.
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I've always done 20 things at once. It's my way of staying alive, not to keep one dish cooking, but several dishes going. And I'm pretty organized.
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It's always difficult with the superhero stuff because you're working with characters who have been written by 100 to 200 people over the past 20 years, at least, so they never sound the same or act the same. The best approach is to try to draw the best fitting line through all of the interpretations.
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.
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I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
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If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
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My mother born in Mexico, but was Lebanese in origin. She born 1902 the same year my father arrived to Mexico when he was 14 years old.
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Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over - except when they are different.
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The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.
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I think true beauty is everywhere. Be it. See it. Notice it. Love it. Be grateful for it. Marvel at it. It's everywhere. It's all around us all the time.
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When I finished school, I took my entire life savings - $5,000 - and invested it in a business. I was young. I was inexperienced. But I was an entrepreneur, and I was proud. And in six weeks, I was broke.
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Looking back at it now, any objective account of my life is bound to read like a cross between 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and a travel brochure.
