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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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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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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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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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes - and we must.
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Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.'
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Through painting I try to get closer to nothingness, to the void.
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We've got nine generations of farmers in my family, in Warwickshire. And I do feel connected to being a farmer's son. There was a time when I didn't, when I rebelled against it, but there's certainly that sort of work ethic within me.
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Take a sound from whatever source, a note on a violin, a scream, a moan, a creaking door, and there is always this symmetry between the sound basis, which is complex and has numerous characteristics which emerge through a process of comparison within our perception.
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The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.
