Annie Proulx Quotes
the old place of the Quoyles, half ruined, isolated, the walls and doors of it pumiced by stony lives of dead generations. The aunt felt a hot pang. Nothing would drive them out a second time.
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I love to have no plans. It is amazing where your day can turn when you have no plans: meeting people or just going to a little pub on the side of the road.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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People work hard.
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'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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When I sold my flat in Glasgow, I bought a little cottage on the North Yorkshire coast. Whenever we go up from London to stay there, I'm just like, 'I'm home! I'm home in Bronte-land!'
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I like playwriting because it's rooted in a single location with actors standing talking to each other.
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Ask him what time it is and he'll tell you how the watch was made.
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the old place of the Quoyles, half ruined, isolated, the walls and doors of it pumiced by stony lives of dead generations. The aunt felt a hot pang. Nothing would drive them out a second time.
