Anne Tyler Quotes

I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers who are urged to put themselves forward when it may be the last thing on earth they'd be good at.

Anne Tyler

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GoodForwardThinkEarthNewYoung

I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to write all the novels you'll encounter.'

Jill McCorkle

LiveEyesWalkEnoughLongYou

You don't automatically assume everyone will fall for a period drama.

Jessica Brown Findlay

YouFallDramaWillEveryoneAssume

I'm not going to pretend that I never fantasized about winning the Hugo. Or the Nebula, for that matter. I just never thought it was an actual real possibility.

Ann Leckie

WinningThoughtMatterNeverReal

That's my one rule: always take off my makeup; no matter how tired I am before going to bed, it comes off!

Amber Le Bon

I AmTiredMakeupBedMatterAlways

So we believed that strategic alliances and partnerships were critical, and we did that for five years.

Steve Case

PartnershipsYearsFiveCriticalDid

For me personally, my favourite part of performing is just going in the crowd and doing crazy things that they never expected to see. Challenging myself to do new things that I never expected to do. That's the biggest thing for me.

Tory Lanez

MyselfNew ThingsMeCrazyDoing

We need to be tough once again in the world.

Tom Cotton

WorldToughNeedAgainOnce

I think a lot of us can relate to not choosing to face a painful memory, and something that's a painful past, and wanting to pretend like it never happened.

Derek Magyar

PastMemoryFaceThinkNeverUs

I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days.

Chinua Achebe

DesireGenocideLeaveDaysSomething

I've never had money before in my life. Ever. Never, ever.

Allison Tolman

LifeMoneyMy LifeNeverBeforeHad

Brand loyalty starts in the cradle and ends in the grave, as I wrote in my first book, 'Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers.'

Alissa Quart

LoyaltyBookBrandSellingFirst

The question now afloat in the world respecting 'things as they are' is the most interesting that can be presented to the human mind. While one party pleads for reformation and change, the other extols in the warmest terms the existing constitution of society.

William Godwin

ChangeMindWorldSocietyPartyNow

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