Anne Tyler Quotes
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
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Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.
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My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, I'm an independent filmmaker.
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I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space. I think we'll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will exit the market. I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people.
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I think voters want somebody who understands their problems. You're right that they don't expect the president to fix everything. When he's wrestling with Congress and Wall Street and the rest of the world, they hope he'll be looking at things from their vantage point.
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Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.
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McCain is the kid who was really cool in middle school but never got high school game and people are sick of him acting like he's still popular.
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I feel like the rap metal at the end of the 1990s destroyed rock music for everybody and suddenly everybody felt like they had to apologise for being in rock bands. People suddenly felt bad about wanting to reach massive audiences and the sense of theatre, that we have in our live show, became something to avoid.
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Your intentions are your nonphysical causes that set energy into motion. They create a multitude of effects and, therefore, determine the experiences of your life. This is one of the most important things that you can know. It is also something that you can see for yourself is true.
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And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
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My university teacher and mentor Kenneth Arrow remembers me as a student who asked good questions. Although I had not previously thought of myself in that way, on reflection I think that Arrow was right.
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I did actually like school. When I was 17, I was in college, but before that, I was home-schooled. I was very social. I liked to know everyone.
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'But why do you want me? I mean, what am I? Ask yourself that.'
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When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer, ... But I guess that was exactly what I did.
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On the rare occasions when my family talked about business, the subject was Kansas City's Boss Pendergast and his potential for muscling my dad's small gravel-and-sand operation.
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My mum lives in Boston; she's famous for teaching wushu and t'ai chi. So from when I was young, my mum and aunt were like: 'You're training; you're not playing baseball or football.' Training every day was normal. Later, when I was almost a teenager, Bruce Lee became my idol.
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A model should be as simple as it can be but no simpler.
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I think we're all very curious about our own minds, but we just may not have the tools to channel that.
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There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.
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When I read, I'm purely a reader.
