Annie Proulx Quotes
Quoyle with regards to Petal, his wife, 'There was a month of fiery happiness. Then six kinked years of suffering...In another time, in another sex, she would have been Genghis Khan.
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There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.
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But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all - it is quite embarrassing to me to be asked my opinion about things. I am only a wee Scottish poet on the outside of everything.
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I've bought some Lanvin snake-print wedges, so maybe you'll see me pushing the pram in those and my hotpants!
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'The HoneyLine' is my web site and TV segments that were birthed out of the stark reality that we all need a few people to help navigate this life.
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Women and gay men have something in common after all: in that they are trying to deal with this goofy egotistical monster called a man.
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I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.
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The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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It took years for me to figure out what my body needs and that what works for my friends doesn't necessarily work for me. Doing yoga five times a week has transformed my body.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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Jason Momoa became a really good friend of ours when he played Khal Drogo. We loved hanging out with Momoa, and suddenly we couldn't bring him to Belfast anymore.
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Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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We're really blessed that we've been as well received as we have been.
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Time needs another minute.
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People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.
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My school reports always used to point out that my concentration levels were appalling. I never listened in class because I was always daydreaming about racing. I never thought for a moment about doing anything else. There was no guarantee that I'd make a career in it but I never had any plan B.
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Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops: it's easier to get away with murder.
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I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is a fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.
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Quoyle with regards to Petal, his wife, 'There was a month of fiery happiness. Then six kinked years of suffering...In another time, in another sex, she would have been Genghis Khan.
