Anthony Marra Quotes
Calvin and Hobbes are the only two characters from my childhood reading that I return to with any regularity, and they have grown with me, yielding newer and deeper meaning.
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My daughter is my passion and my life.
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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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I own a Hangman jumper, which looks like a scarf, but that's what it's called. It cost a fortune, but it was worth it.
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It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother.
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I sing to Jesus for Jesus now. This gives me pure joy... worship!
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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Album sales have collapsed, with few artists making money from albums; touring is more lucrative. But I'm 53 now and won't be able to tour forever, so a logical step is to get into writing film scores. Trouble is, you need to be somewhere which has a big film industry - another reason why I'm thinking about living in California.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.
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People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
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If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
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Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist.
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I love going to conventions, and I love spending time with the fans and going to parts of the world where I wouldn't normally go.
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In high school, I began to dig my way into Ethiopian history, and began to understand myself as a young man formed by multiple narratives.
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Calvin and Hobbes are the only two characters from my childhood reading that I return to with any regularity, and they have grown with me, yielding newer and deeper meaning.
