Anne Tyler Quotes
I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural. I think it's just that when characters are given enough texture and backbone, then lo and behold, they stand on their own.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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Sharing is the essence of social media.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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In New Orleans, music is part of the culture. You're raised with it, from the cradle to the grave, and all in-between.
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It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
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The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw.
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First, I'd become an avid reader of blogs, especially music blogs, and they seemed to be where the critical-thinking action was at, to have the kind of energy that I associate with rock writing of the 1970s or Internet e-mail discussion lists a decade ago.
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There's no such thing as a specific authenticity to what Mexico is, because Mexico is incredibly complex and varied, and the food is completely different if you travel 50 kilometers. It just changes all the time.
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Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to say, will be exclusively social; it will involve the same psychology as is applicable in the case of languages.
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One of the Republicans' major products is dream making. People are dying to get into this country... not out of it.
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Science fiction is not formulaic.
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Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.'
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Art is not made to decorate rooms. It is an offensive weapon in the defense against the enemy.
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That old bald cheater, Time.
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What am I looking at? I want to eat you like a tossed fucking salad!
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I'm usually pretty insecure.
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There is so much talent in Milwaukee, and such diversity.
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I turned down one of the big young adult franchises.
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The pattern of things was that each of the research students would be doing some particular experiment on the accelerator, often involving the building of counters or a system like that.
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I don't know how people do this job collaboratively if they don't really get along. You're spending all day every day for months and years on end with somebody.
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I've enjoyed my time in the game, whether it be managing Luton in the top flight, taking Spurs to Wembley or, as director of football, pinpointing players such as Jermain Defoe, Paul Robinson and Robbie Keane with real sell-on value.
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I try and wake up relatively early. I listen to some music and check Twitter. I also make sure I weigh myself and check how long I slept. I do that because knowing that data seems better than not knowing it.
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I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural. I think it's just that when characters are given enough texture and backbone, then lo and behold, they stand on their own.
