Anne Tyler Quotes
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski -
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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Muslim moderates, wherever they are, must be given every tool necessary to win a war of ideas with their co-religionists. Otherwise, we will have to win some very terrible wars in the future.
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I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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The things I wanted to do from a very early age - ie. get married and have children - precluded a lot of guys my own age from wanting to have anything to do with me.
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The relationship between France and its 'foreign' players - blacks and North African Arabs - has always been troubled, particularly with Algerians.
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I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person is acting.
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Do you know what it's like to love and be alone?
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I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.
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I had a small-town life - I worked at the local McDonald's for three years. I'm not sure why they kept me: I am something of a daydreamer and a dawdler, so they would only let me be the 'friendly voice' that greeted you when you entered the restaurant.
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When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.
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I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D.
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We've become much more casual and much more relaxed in social interactions, where there was a formality and maybe a kind of respect at that time that doesn't exist now.
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Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.
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My focus is mainly on education. I believe education made all the difference for me, and it is certainly going to make all the difference for other children, too.
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I just did something on a show on UPN called 'Girlfriends' that will be on television in February. I am actually a much better actor today than I was in 1996, believe it or not.
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Let us tackle the big issues with bold ideas that transform Iowa to accomplish our shared mission to grow Iowa, and realize our shared vision of Iowa as the best place to live, work and raise a family.
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The greatest of all sins is stupidity.
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The human heart is a factory of idols...Everyon e of us is, from his mother's womb, expert in inventing idols.
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I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it.
