Anne Tyler Quotes
In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.

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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
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Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same, it must be recognized that the Hindus observe Caste not because they are inhuman or wrong-headed. They observe Caste because they are deeply religious.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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I want women to have more access to quality care, and the access to healthcare for women is not through Planned Parenthood; it is through community health centers across the state.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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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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You can observe a lot by watching.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.
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When I look at a woman through my camera, I see her with complete admiration and appreciation of her beauty, strength, and power - and that's how I do my best to represent her.
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Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.
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Even in the case of a god, audiences - paradoxically - enjoy recognizing the human traits.
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With a rescue dog, you take what's at the centre as long as it roughly fits the bill. When you buy a dog from a breeder, you can choose everything from its personality to how shiny its coat is.
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In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.