Anthony Marra Quotes
A novel can grant humanity even to those who act inhumanely, and by making men and women of monsters, it can offer not only a ground-level view of a particular conflict, but a descent into the substratum of human nature capable of the incomprehensible.Anthony Marra
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
Adam Goldberg -
We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
Jackie DeShannon -
Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.
Fran Drescher -
One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
Eduardo Chillida -
'Sixth Street' is probably a new chapter for me. All of the songs were written in my apartment where I'm most comfortable, and at that point, I understood who I was and knew what I was feeling about life.
Yuna -
Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
Ian Hacking
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The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.
Vanessa Paradis -
I could go to London in 2012. I will only be 37.
Oxana Chusovitina -
I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
Edmund Hillary -
My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
Barbara Corcoran -
By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
Iain Banks -
We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
Samuel Goldwyn
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It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that it takes a little nudge, I think, from government.
J. B. Pritzker -
I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
Zosia Mamet -
You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
Jacki Weaver -
At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.
Haile Gebrselassie -
When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
Yoko Ono -
This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.
Ban Ki-moon
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Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
Demosthenes -
Young women growing into situations with no parents are usually material for exploitation in the brothels.
Yanar Mohammed -
The secrecy of Masonry is an honorable secrecy; any good man may ask for her secrets; those who are worthy will receive them. To give them to those who do not seek, or who are not worthy, would but impoverish the Fraternity and enrich not those who received them.
William Howard Taft -
Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.
Walter Huston -
At Eleven Madison Park, instead of brioche or chocolates, we give our guests a jar of breakfast granola as a gift at the end of a meal. We also make savory granolas.
Daniel Humm -
A novel can grant humanity even to those who act inhumanely, and by making men and women of monsters, it can offer not only a ground-level view of a particular conflict, but a descent into the substratum of human nature capable of the incomprehensible.
Anthony Marra