Anne Tyler Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.
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Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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As soldiers in Israel's army, one of the most grueling training regimens we had to endure was a long march while carrying a comrade on a stretcher.
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Given an opportunity, Modi has violated the freedom of press both in letter and spirit. He destroys freedom of the press whenever he gets a chance.
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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Growing up, I had a terrible pudding-bowl haircut. I used to cut it myself, and I'd sew my own clothing, too. I looked a little strange compared to the other kids. But the thing was, I felt I looked amazing, so what other people thought never bothered me.
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I'd love to work with Kanye West. He's gone through a lot of stuff in the public eye, but his music is genius. He always takes risks.
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I have always been amazed at my contemporaries’ lack of finesse, I whose soul writhed from morning to night, in the mere quest of itself.
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If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind a piano late at night, I might write something like 'Desperado.' You're not going to write 'Desperado' between a wall of Marshalls and thumping, crushing volume.
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Sometimes you can win, but you are not building something positive for your future.
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I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop.
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Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine.
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My stories are never quite good enough.
