Anne Tyler Quotes

I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown.

Anne Tyler

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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.

Larry Wilmore
- Up
- World
- Work
I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.

Cameron Diaz
- Hair
- Kid
- Tough
M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.

Laraine Day
- Break
- Roles
- Pictures
I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.

Madonna Breakfast Club
- Star
- Religion
- Belief
Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.

Barbara Corcoran
- Up
- Time
- World
I enjoy building more than managing.

Wayne Huizenga
- Enjoy
- Building
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