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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I saw 'A Clockwork Orange' when I was 11. When you watch 'Clockwork Orange' at 11, it either totally scares you from watching movies, or you want to become a filmmaker. I was the latter.
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Everyone should still want to put their music out because it's important that people still think that you are still willing to come to them. When you're dealing with the Internet, it's a 'come to me' situation. But when people see you out-and-about, promoting your merch and in the club, people enjoy that, too.
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When I first started, there were, like... two or three critics that you thought, 'Alright, I hope I get a good review from them.' And now there's millions of them.
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Judge [Gonzalo] Curiel has not said anything, and in fact, cannot say anything. But I would even broaden it out to, you know, judges who are victims of attack ads in say state Supreme Court elections can't talk back. Judges are really barred from commenting on this kind of huge public hue and cry.
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Sometimes my readers ask me what else they should read, and I recommend Sebald.
