Anthony Marra Quotes

I took a 19th-century Russian novel class in college and have been smitten with Russian literature ever since. Writers like Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Grossman, and Solzhenitsyn tackle the great questions of morality, politics, love, and death.

Anthony Marra

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LoveGreatPoliticsDeathCollege

I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning. That is special.

Jennifer Aniston

LoveMorningWake UpYouFeelingUp

There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.

Tom Clancy

TechnologyTimePeopleToolsNails

For me, Fellini was like a watermelon. It is there. A watermelon cannot die.

Roberto Benigni

MeDieCannotLikeFellini

Being an actor only came about because Arnaud Desplechin, the guy who did 'Kings and Queen', had this curious idea to think that I could be an actor, but I had never acted before, and I was supposed to direct my own film!

Mathieu Amalric

QueenCuriousThinkKingsActorOwn

I won't cook in deep fat. Years ago, I met a fireman who said most kitchen fires were caused by deep fat, and I don't think that's changed. Oven chips are good enough for my grandchildren, and they're chuffed with that.

Mary Berry

GoodKitchenDeepThinkFatEnough

The single woman is a free woman, and being single does not mean being alone - it means being free to have a relationship or not. This can be scary, but it's also very interesting.

Monica Bellucci

RelationshipAloneWomanBeing Alone

So we are now still dependent on foreign oil, have a problem with global warming, and are losing jobs rapidly to the Japanese in fuel-efficient vehicles as a result of that very shortsighted progress.

Jay Inslee

ProgressLosingProblemResultNow

In aviation they have auto pilot and color radar and a lot of other instrumentation that is a backup for pilots. It's really brought the incidents of plane crashes way down. Same thing ought to happen in the medical industry, I think.

Dennis Quaid

MedicalColorThinkDownPilotWay

The only difference between The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, and Chubby Checker is that they get their music played on the radio.

Chubby Checker

MusicDifferenceRadioRollingGet

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

Bruce Feiler

ChangeThinkingBetterTryingYou

Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!'

Ashwin Sanghi

GoodMeBelieveInspireSelfTrue

Hats make people feel good, and that's the point of them.

Philip Treacy

GoodPeopleFeel GoodFeelHats

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