Annie Proulx Quotes
He Quoyle did not want a boat, shied from the thought of water. Ashamed he could not swim, couldn't learn.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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Everybody loves a villain - let's face it.
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The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that a screenplay is a completely different way of storytelling, and it has limitations.
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The most important thing that everybody can do, aside from building and keeping your network strong, is make good choices about your health.
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English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in Paris, and it's really a poetic language where you can really play with words.
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I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.
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I believe in Wendel Clark. We want Wendel to be a prime-time player.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional - and make them into people with flaws, with insecurities.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.
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Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.
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For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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I know about the tech industry in that I follow what apps are hot and software development. I know my way around different browsers. I know how to restart a computer.
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I will meet my countrymen. I understand only one language: that they are my countrymen, they are my brothers. You may see with whatever colour you want; Modi will not go into that colour.
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I believe in the future, and to be a good investor, you have to believe in the future.
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For years Don Imus was just – boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
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That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?
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I'm Pisces with Leo rising. The Pisces part is the dreamer. The Leo says, 'Let's execute.'
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'Do you know that you have caused us more trouble than all the rest of our European allies?' 'I do not doubt it. France is a great power.'
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There are two singles I did with Noah Breakfast, ["Talkin Greezy" and "New Phone (Who Dis),"] which was a cool experience. So it's cool either way, I think. It depends on the relationship you have with the other person - not everybody is going to work the same way.
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He Quoyle did not want a boat, shied from the thought of water. Ashamed he could not swim, couldn't learn.
