Anthony Doerr Quotes
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If you find diseases before they've really emerged, you can control them early on, before you get a major epidemic.
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Well into the 20th century, scholars viewed economic advances as resulting from commercial innovations enabled by the discoveries of scientists - discoveries that come from outside the economy and out of the blue.
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I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
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New York is a fantastic city.
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Age is relative. Experience is relative. And I think often intensity is confused with maturity.
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You can grow without destroying the things that you love.
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I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we've seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka... and welcome to my chocolate factory.
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I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.
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I keep thinking, we teach children to use language to solve their disputes. We teach them not to hit and fight and bite. Then look what adults do!
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One good thing about TV Land is you're always surrounded by people who know what they're doing, in terms of your fellow actors.
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When you're in the day-to-day grind, it just seems like it's another step along the way. But I find joy in the actual process, the journey, the work. It's not the end. It's not the end event.
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Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love.
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I've never told you the story of Alice in Wonderland, have I?
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Before I discovered moviemaking, I hadn't found anything where I could kind of galvanize or meld all of the things that I wanted to do.
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If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.
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What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?
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For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts; it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cause I was used to playing in clubs and dance halls.
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It's because I'm a feminist that I can't stand women limiting other women's imaginations. It really makes me angry.
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We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees and feels one is the other.
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Someone watches over us when we write. Mother. Teacher. Shakespeare. God.
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This is a beautiful country. Each of us has a favorite river, a mountain, just a patch of sky for some of us. I want to use the law to make sure that the waters, the land, and the skies of this nation are protected.
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Sometimes my readers ask me what else they should read, and I recommend Sebald.
