Anthony Marra Quotes
I read all of the nonfiction that I could find on Chechnya, and all the while, I was searching for a novel that was set there. I couldn't find a single novel written in English that was set in the period of the two most recent Chechen wars.
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My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.
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Cats and I have an understanding, but we choose not to interact often.
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I'm a rock singer, but I love soul, I love blues, and I love theatrical stuff, too, like theatrical rock like Queen and Meat Loaf.
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One is sometimes meant to reassure the reader that she's qualified to write about a certain topic.
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I've had a contemptuous relationship with authority throughout my life. I found myself at odds with authority, and I'm disdainful of blind authority.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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Naw, it - it never stops, man... You gotta be doing what you're supposed to be doing - whenever, however it's coming down, you know. If you're getting your butt kicked - you still gotta do what you gotta be doing.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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It's called 'I Wanna Thank You,' and I'm encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tweet, Facebook, anything about it. Let's sign a petition. The petition is called 'Busta Rhymes Make 'I Wanna Thank You' Your First Single.'
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Some people manage their writing by saying, 'I need to get 2,000 words written today,' others by saying, 'I will write for X hours.' Not me. I start with a plan for the book, break it down into scenes, and I know what scenes need to get written each day. If the scene takes more words than I thought, so be it.
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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.
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I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Through the 'It's About Ability' campaign and with parents and other members of society, we have created a social family for children with disabilities.
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I think I've gone through my life with the understanding that you've got to let go and you can't think that you're going to control your destiny.
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I treated the first few books as a very long journalistic exercise. I thought of every chapter as an article that needed to be finished.
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I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff.
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I meet hundreds of people, and I'm not going to remember them. But every single one of them will remember their interaction with me.
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I read all of the nonfiction that I could find on Chechnya, and all the while, I was searching for a novel that was set there. I couldn't find a single novel written in English that was set in the period of the two most recent Chechen wars.
