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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I'm in the entertainment business, where you're only as good as your last show.
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There is great food in Vegas.
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I've never had a supernatural experience. I've been tempted to maybe have a tarot-card reading, but I don't know if I'd necessarily want to know.
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I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult for me than stage acting just because of the pressure that's piled on you and you have to learn the entire performance by heart.
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Jobs are created in the private sector. Not by the president or the government unless they're government jobs.
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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.
