Ann Beattie Quotes

I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes.

Ann Beattie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 8, 1947

Topics

BusinessTimeMistakesThinkLong

He who negates present society, and seeks social conditions based on the sharing of property, is a revolutionary whether he calls himself an anarchist or a communist.

Johann Most

SocietyPresentSharingPropertyWho

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

Joel Osteen

LifeGoodAttitudeTough TimesFaith

As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical.

Matt Smith

MyselfCynicalGetJustOlderToo

What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy.

Jeff Bezos

FutureWindWorldStrategyYouNow

It feels like an easy sum to gauge the balance between forests and, say, the proliferating free newspapers that litter our public transport. This noxious combination of words and paper represents a clear-cut crime against the biosphere.

Tristram Stuart

WordsBalanceFreeEasySayCrime

I tend to find characters who lack vulnerability dull.

Trenton Lee Stewart

FindVulnerabilityWhoDullLack

Let me give you an idea of Fifties Britain. The war had ended ten years before, and most people had returned to their gardens and allotments hoping life would revert to how it was before the hostilities.

Mary Quant

LifeWarPeopleMeYouTen Years

Just go out there and do what you have to do.

Martina Navratilova

YouGoOutJust

My Olympic moment from the individual event was that I was really able to enjoy my skating, and so that meant a lot to me, and I didn't portray that accurately.

Mirai Nagasu

MomentMeEnjoySkatingIndividual

Sometimes I only hope to make a good popcorn movie.

Lou Diamond Phillips

GoodHopeSometimesPopcornOnly

One fantasy is that I just do a Don Roos movie every year if that's possible. If he'd have me.

Lisa Kudrow

MeYearFantasyPossibleJustHe

A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there.

Jon Postel

NameSeekWhereGetRouteHow

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