Anthony Marra Quotes
To make a book convincing, it's less important that the right tree be in the right place than that the characters are emotionally real.
Anthony Marra
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Speaking of trust, ever since I wrote this book, 'Liespotting,' no one wants to meet me in person anymore - no, no, no, no, no. They say, 'It's okay. We'll email you.' I can't even get a coffee date at Starbucks. My husband's like, 'Honey, deception? Maybe you could have focused on cooking. How about French cooking?'
Pamela Meyer
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A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
W. H. Auden
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I'm more for the style than the brand. I don't go brand shopping; I go detail shopping.
Usher
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Readers want to have the confidence that you understand the era in which the book is set, so for 'The Perfumer's Secret,' I needed to know everything about the First World War from a French perspective. I had to understand those people and that town in 1914.
Fiona McIntosh
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I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.
Zachary Quinto
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Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation.
Ingrid Newkirk
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He's one of the best. He has great control of the game. He communicates well with the players and the coaches. I'm real happy for him that he's working another Final Four.
Dick Vitale
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
Mahershala Ali
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I'm kind of selective of the people that I take photos of. Like, I don't take pictures of just my friends, but I do like taking pictures of just some of my close mates, especially out in L.A.
Brooklyn Beckham
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Up till now the development of proto-consciousness, we can suppose, nervous systems solved the 'Now what do I do?' problem by a relatively simple balancing act between a strictly limited repertoire of actions - if not the famous four F's (fight, flee, feed, or mate), then a modest elaboration of them.
Daniel Dennett
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It is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a lot and ponder a little.
Denis Parsons Burkitt
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To make a book convincing, it's less important that the right tree be in the right place than that the characters are emotionally real.
Anthony Marra