Anita Shreve Quotes

I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that this is the real thing: a book that is going to offer the delicious promise of a riveting story, arresting language and characters that will haunt me for days.

Anita Shreve

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ExperienceMeBookStoryThinkWill

Ben & Jerry's is an indulgent dessert that should be eaten in moderation. You should not be replacing more than one meal a day with ice cream. We do not consider a pint or a tub of ice cream to be a single serving.

Jerry Greenfield

DayIceYouIce CreamMoreDessert

Nothing is more satisfying to me than sitting in a dank room, hunched over a single flickering candle like Ebenezer Scrooge, and watching my ledgers fill themselves with ink.

Michael Ian Black

CandleMeSittingNothingWatching

It is certainly important to be looking for cures to medical disorders, but it is equally important to conduct research on human health and well-being.

Stephen LaBerge

HealthMedicalResearchLooking

Trust is an amazing commodity. The Afghan people often talk to me about having to develop trust in America, because they believe that we deserted them in 1990 and 1991.

Stanley A. McChrystal

TrustPeopleAmazingMeBelieve

You can't socialise without being faceless idiots. More people have Facebook friends than actual friends these days.

Roman Reigns

PeopleFriendsYouMoreIdiotsDays

What inspired me was the love of making music and having no one around and just saying, 'I've gotta figure this out.'

Russ

LoveMusicMeSayingOutInspired

Very good records exist about the Trail of Tears. Journals and other records kept by Cherokees and non-Indians tell such things as which people were where on which day.

Joseph Bruchac

GoodDayPeopleTearsTrailTell

I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.

Christopher Atkins

YouHollywoodVampireMadeMovie

If you want to write for T.V. and movies, you will be subjected to kind and unkind criticism. You had better get used to it and develop a shell.

Anne Beatts

CriticismBetterYouMoviesKind

I wish the media and people that work in media would realize sometimes - and I know it doesn't pay your bills - but sometimes just sit back and think, like, 'Man, what if this was my child? And somebody was doing this to them? And they had to go through it? If somebody bashed them like this?'

Allen Iverson

WorkManChildPeopleThinkWish

It was a beauty contest in the '80s. If they played two women back to back on the radio, it was almost a scandal.

Shawn Colvin

BeautyWomenBackTwoRadioAlmost

I think there are a lot of things out there that are humorous that people don't realize until you actually show them what is going on. Saran Wrap for one thing. You know, you could pull enough of that out of the box and it will actually kill you. It will get a hold of you, stick to you, and choke you to death.

Tim Conway

DeathPeopleThinkEnoughYouKnow

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