Anne Tyler Quotes
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.
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I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
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Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards, so they may maintain something they think has tremendous value. On the other hand, most of the kinds of music that I've been excited about are hybrid in their origins.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments.
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Only science and the spirit of seeking truth from facts can save China. I firmly believe in this.
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Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
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Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive.
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Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with.
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O meu passado é tudo quanto não consegui ser.
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There are different flavours of sexiness.
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Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured. You can never tell how a policy has been reached just by looking at the end result. Some people who have achieved a huge amount do not come across as impressive when you speak to them.
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I have found that the greatest stories of acceptance and love and the ugliest stories of hideous cruelty and abuse have equally been perpetrated in the name of Christian faith.
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I was living a life of a lie. I really was.
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As all nocturnal creatures, I have a tendency to wander about during the night, embracing and relishing in its mysteriousness, unexplained sounds, and thick aura of darkness. As a pianist I was drawn to compositions with the titles of Nocturne and Notturno - from Maria Szymanowska's Nocturne in B-flat to John Field and Frederic Chopin's Nocturnes. The night offers a myriad array of emotions from solace to absolute horror. I tried to infuse some of these terrifying thoughts, as well as solace that only night can bring into Night Soundings.
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The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.
