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Anna Quindlen Quotes

There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger.

Anna Quindlen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 8, 1953

Topics

Good Good Things Control World Gun

My father encouraged me to work in the library, just because it was the world that he knew. But I also wanted to do it. I also wanted to work in the library and be part of the library somehow, because it represented a world that really wasn't represented in my home, and I wanted it to be.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Work Father Home Me World Library

One of the influences of Kafka over later writers is not so much in the content of his work as in its form.

John Kessel

Work Over Content Influences Much

I learned Hollywood is a small community, and you really have to be a part of the community to get anything done. Unlike traditional industries, where you can do things from afar with phone calls and e-mail, this town is really about being social. Because that's how trust gets built.

Jeffrey Skoll

Community Trust Small You Phone

I always felt really lucky that I only lost my legs, because it could've been so much worse.

Amy Purdy

Lost Legs Lucky Always Because Been

You can't start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting.

Steven Spielberg

Attitude Day Start Think You First

I'd like to get out of here without having to talk to the producer.

Judith Rossner

Talk Without Producer Out Here Get

I'm not that great of an actor, so I can't, like, completely become somebody else.

Jason Bateman

Great Actor Become Somebody Like

Qwiki is a game changer. The team has succeeded in creating an entirely new media format that will drastically improve the web experience.

Jawed Karim

Experience Team Game Media Creating

More dangerous than voting for change... is that people no longer vote because they have lost trust not only in governments but in democracy.

Jose Angel Gurria

Change Trust People Democracy Voting

It is my belief that tax credits only go to people who are making money, and they generally keep it.

Dianne Feinstein

Money People Making Money Tax Go

I don't really get into architecture in the hotel room. But maybe a little Feng Shui here and there.

Drew Barrymore

Architecture Hotel Room Little Here

There's a dark side to everything.

Prince

Dark Dark Side Everything Side