Ann Beattie Quotes

When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth.

Ann Beattie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MusicTimePeaceCreativeNew York

Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.

John Greenleaf Whittier

GodMeWellBehindEvenBefore

I've always said my audience is just me. It's somebody out there who's exactly like me and just isn't writing Daring Fireball.

John Gruber

MeWritingSaidAlwaysAudienceOut

Denim comes and goes into style often, but my Levi's have longevity. They will never be just a fad.

Melina Matsoukas

StyleWillNeverLongevityJustFad

If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.

Jeff Beck

SuccessFailureYouHighPlotGoes

Yeah, I'd been around horses most of my life.

Jeff Bridges

LifeMy LifeBeenHorsesMostYeah

Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy.

Stephen Harper

DeadPolicyPublic PolicyBeenMost

I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South its dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings, and I have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.

Robert E. Lee

DayPeopleFeelingsNeverRights

If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.

Romain Rolland

HomeDreamsMenManFaceDream

For American foreign aid to become more effective, it must embrace the power of partnerships, access the transformative nature of free enterprise, and leverage the abundant resources that can come from the private sector.

Mitt Romney

NaturePowerFreePartnershipsMore

I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.

Jason Statham

RacingAlwaysEverFascinationHad

Gorillas are the largest of the great apes. A mature male may be six feet tall and weigh 400 pounds or more; his enormous arms can span eight feet.

Dian Fossey

GreatFeetMatureMoreTallMay

There was such a realness about Elvis. He never really changed from that humble boy from Tupelo, Mississippi. He became this huge star, but he always remained that Southern boy.

Drake Milligan

HumbleBoyNeverAlwaysStarHe

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