Annie Proulx Quotes
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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I have freckles; I don't like covering up too much. I like things dewy and natural, and I think that having moisture in your skin is really beautiful and youthful - sometimes that's more important than coverage.
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Epic were adamant that I should carry on being me. They liked the way I look, my clothes, hats... nothing's changed really.
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A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
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A girl who is interesting and educated and can spark conversation - I find that extremely sexy.
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How often one reads a contemporary full-length novel and thinks quietly, mutinously, that it would have worked out better at half or a third the length.
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Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
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I think people are enticed by indie rap and every time you have a group going against the grain, they're gonna be like, 'Wow, you did it yourself in 2012, that's impressive - how did you do it? What're you doing that's different? And how can I be a part of it?'
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If the refugees return to Israel – Israel will cease to exist.
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It is also possible for a woman to go back to a man’s room, tell him she doesn’t want to have intercourse, mean it, start kissing, have intercourse, and then wish she hadn’t in the morning. How? Kissing is like eating potato chips. Before we know it, we’ve gone further than we said we would.
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A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.
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I joke that I've always had this sort of insatiable 'big sis' complex - which is odd given that I am the baby of the family with no sisters! It's the reason I have such a powerful desire to connect with girls and encourage them. So, it's a natural fit for me to have a job that's like the editorial version of an older sister to a million girls.
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A certificate of live birth is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination as a birth certificate.
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It turns out that many of the Trump voters who had said they wanted to burn it all down meant it, and they are taking to the task with great relish.
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Time seems to slow down after the winter holiday. New York loses all of its winter romance and is just cold.
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When we settled our country, the dark forest was considered in some ways evil and something that you needed to plow or, later, bulldoze. We now have a new understanding of the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the need for bird flyways and why all species matter.
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I don't know if you'll see me jumping out of planes anytime soon.
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When societies go backwards and slide into authoritarianism, nationalism, and tribalism, machismo and sexism are also emboldened.
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I was still too weak to understand his chess ideas at that time but I remember being covered in smoke.
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Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah, it's nicer when the reaction is to throw flowers than it is to throw brickbats, but you have to accept both equally.
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I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability.
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Write drunk; edit sober.
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I was taught to think the next week or month or year will only get better than it is today. So I just keep waiting to see how great it will get!
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Quoyle large, white, stumbling along going nowhere
